Definitions for minor

Definitions for (noun) minor

Main entry: child, shaver, small fry, tike, tiddler, tyke, fry, minor, nestling, nipper, kid, youngster

Definition: a young person of either sex

Usage: she writes books for children; they're just kids; `tiddler' is a British term for youngster


Definitions for (adj) minor

Main entry: minor, modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale

Definition: limited in size or scope

Usage: a small business; a newspaper with a modest circulation; small-scale plans; a pocket-size country


Main entry: minor

Definition: inferior in number or size or amount

Usage: a minor share of the profits; Ursa Minor


Main entry: minor

Definition: lesser in scope or effect

Usage: had minor differences; a minor disturbance


Main entry: minor, nonaged, underage

Definition: not of legal age

Usage: minor children


Main entry: minor

Definition: of a scale or mode

Usage: the minor keys; in B flat minor


Main entry: minor

Definition: of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization


Main entry: minor

Definition: of lesser importance or stature or rank

Usage: a minor poet; had a minor part in the play; a minor official; many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen; minor back roads


Main entry: minor

Definition: of lesser seriousness or danger

Usage: suffered only minor injuries; some minor flooding; a minor tropical disturbance


Main entry: minor, venial

Definition: warranting only temporal punishment

Usage: venial sin


Main entry: minor

Definition: of the younger of two boys with the same family name

Usage: Jones minor


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