Minor (Adjective)

Meaning ¹

Relatively moderate, limited, or small; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Pocket-size
• Pocket-sized
• Modest
• Small
• Small-scale

Meaning ²

(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".

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All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Meaning ³

Not of legal age; "minor children".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Underage
• Nonaged

Antonyms

• Major

Related Words

• Minority (noun)

Meaning ⁴

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".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Meaning ⁵

Lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance".

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All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Meaning ⁶

Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization.

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Meaning ⁷

Of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor".

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All adjective clusters.

Meaning ⁸

Inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Related Words

• Minority (noun)

Meaning ⁹

Of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Antonyms

• Major

Meaning ¹⁰

Warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin".

Classification

All adjective clusters.

Synonyms

• Venial