"minor" in the noun sense
1. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
a young person of either sex
"she writes books for children"
"they're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
"minor" in the verb sense
1. minor
have as one's secondary field of study
"in collee she minored in mathematics"
"minor" in the adjective sense
1. minor
of lesser importance or stature or rank
"a minor poet"
"had a minor part in the play"
"a minor official"
"many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"
"minor back roads"
2. minor
lesser in scope or effect
"had minor differences"
"a minor disturbance"
3. minor
inferior in number or size or amount
"a minor share of the profits"
"Ursa Minor"
4. minor
of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
"the minor keys"
"in B flat minor"
5. minor, nonaged, underage
not of legal age
"minor children"
6. minor
of lesser seriousness or danger
"suffered only minor injuries"
"some minor flooding"
"a minor tropical disturbance"
7. minor
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
8. minor
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
"Jones minor"
9. minor, venial
warranting only temporal punishment
"venial sin"
10. minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
relatively moderate, limited, or small
"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
"small-scale plans"
"a pocket-size country"
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