Overview of noun minor

The noun minor has 1 sense

• 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")

Overview of adj minor

The adj minor has 10 senses

• 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")


• minor -- (lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance")


• minor -- (inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor")


• minor -- (of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor")


• minor, nonaged, underage -- (not of legal age; "minor children")


• minor -- (of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance")


• minor -- (of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization)


• minor -- (of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor")


• minor, venial -- (warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin")


• minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")