English dictionary
minor
/'m/aI/n/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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of lesser importance or stature or rank
ExamplesA minor poet.
Had a minor part in the play.
A minor official.
Many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen.
Minor back roads.
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lesser in scope or effect
ExamplesHad minor differences.
A minor disturbance.
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inferior in number or size or amount
ExamplesA minor share of the profits.
Ursa Minor.
Antonyms majorSource: WordNet 3.0
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of a scale or mode
ExamplesThe minor keys.
In B flat minor.
Synonyms majorSource: WordNet 3.0
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not of legal age
ExamplesMinor children.
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of lesser seriousness or danger
ExamplesSuffered only minor injuries.
Some minor flooding.
A minor tropical disturbance.
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of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
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Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, <i>minor</i> divisions of a body.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a young person of either sex
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A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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of the younger of two boys with the same family name
ExamplesJones minor.
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warranting only temporal punishment
Synonyms venialSource: WordNet 3.0
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limited in size or scope
Source: WordNet 3.0