Minor
Meaning of Minor
adjective
- lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
she requested a number of minor alterations
- (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
- (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers.
Smith minor
- (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
- a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
the court would take account of the minor's wishes
- a minor key, interval, or scale.
- the minor leagues in baseball or American football.
Salinas was one of six teams in the minors
- a student's subsidiary subject or course.
a minor in American Indian studies
- a minor term or premise.
- short for minor suit.
a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors
- a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass.
- study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.
Clark had minored in Animal Science
Middle English: from Latin, ‘smaller, less’; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.
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Hyphenation of Minor
Mi-nor
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- Minor is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Minor synonyms
Meaning nonaged:
Meaning venial:
Meaning modest:
Meaning child:
child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Meaning (especially of a creative work) not profound or substantial; rather trivial or superficial:
Meaning lacking in importance or significance:
Meaning too small or unimportant to be worth consideration:
Meaning not important or significant:
Meaning unimportant or insignificant:
Meaning of secondary or minor importance; marginal:
Meaning less important than but related or supplementary to something:
Meaning so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant:
Meaning of little value or importance:
Meaning unimportant or trivial:
Meaning petty; trivial:
Meaning of little importance; trivial:
Meaning trivial and irritating:
Meaning trivial; unimportant:
Meaning pathetically trivial; trifling:
Meaning not known or familiar:
Meaning not so great or important as the other or the rest:
Meaning not important or well known:
Meaning lacking seriousness, depth, or influence:
Meaning lower in rank or position:
Meaning of little value or significance; petty:
Meaning for or denoting young or younger people:
Meaning having lived or existed for only a short time:
Meaning a very young child or baby:
Meaning a young man:
Meaning an adolescent boy or girl:
Meaning a person aged between 13 and 19 years:
Meaning a male child or youth:
Meaning a female child:
Meaning a boy or young man (often as a form of address):
Meaning a girl or young woman:
Meaning a boy attending school:
Meaning a girl attending school:
Meaning a young child:
Minor antonyms
Meaning important, serious, or significant:
Meaning of great significance or value:
Meaning notably large in size, amount, or extent:
Meaning a person who is fully grown or developed:
Anagrams of Minor
Words that rhyme with Minor
Gainor, Trainor, attainor, bargainor, distrainor, gainor, mainor, maintainor, dinor, Elinor, alluminor, minor, semiminor, spinor, trinor
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