Synonyms: 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
Similar words: juvenile, juvenile person
Definition: a young person, not fully developed
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: limited
Definition: small in range or scope
Usage: limited war; a limited success; a limited circle of friends
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: peanut, insignificant
Definition: of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
Usage: a minor, insignificant bureaucrat; peanut politicians
Similar words: secondary
Definition: not of major importance
Usage: played a secondary role in world events
Definition: warranting only temporal punishment
Usage: venial sin
Similar words: pardonable
Definition: admitting of being pardoned
Synonyms: minor
Definition: of the younger of two boys with the same family name
Usage: Jones minor
Similar words: junior
Definition: younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service