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Synonyms for minor
ˈmaɪ nərmi·nor
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Wiktionary
minornoun
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majorminornoun
To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment.
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majorminornoun
Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
a minor scale.
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majorminornoun
being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
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majorminornoun
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adult
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingadjective
a young person of either sex
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
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chela, kid, nestling, tiddler, pip-squeak, claw, electric razor, nipper, shaver, pincer, kidskin, boor, peasant, barbarian, squirt, churl, tyke, child, tike, small fry, youngster, electric shaver, baby bird, fry, babyAntonyms:
major, prima(p), leading(p), limitless, unlimited, better, senior, stellar(a), star(p), starring(p), unpardonableminoradjective
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"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
stellar(a), starring(p), senior, major, better, leading(p), unlimited, star(p), limitless, unpardonable, prima(p)minoradjective
lesser in scope or effect
"had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
better, unpardonable, star(p), senior, major, starring(p), unlimited, limitless, prima(p), leading(p), stellar(a)minoradjective
inferior in number or size or amount
"a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
major, better, unpardonable, senior, unlimited, starring(p), stellar(a), limitless, leading(p), star(p), prima(p)minoradjective
of a scale or mode
"the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
star(p), unlimited, prima(p), senior, unpardonable, stellar(a), starring(p), major, leading(p), limitless, betterminor, nonaged, underageadjective
not of legal age
"minor children"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
limitless, unlimited, prima(p), major, leading(p), starring(p), unpardonable, better, stellar(a), star(p), seniorminoradjective
of lesser seriousness or danger
"suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
stellar(a), limitless, unlimited, major, unpardonable, prima(p), leading(p), better, senior, star(p), starring(p)minoradjective
of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
prima(p), major, star(p), stellar(a), limitless, leading(p), better, starring(p), unlimited, senior, unpardonableminor(ip)adjective
of the younger of two boys with the same family name
"Jones minor"
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prima(p), starring(p), unlimited, major, limitless, stellar(a), unpardonable, better, leading(p), star(p), seniorminor, venialadjective
warranting only temporal punishment
"venial sin"
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nonaged, small, venial, minor(ip), underage, forgivable, modest, small-scale, pocket-size, excusable, pocket-sizedAntonyms:
star(p), better, major, starring(p), unlimited, senior, limitless, stellar(a), prima(p), unpardonable, leading(p)minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sizedadjective
limited in size or scope
"a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
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pocketable, underage, diminished, mild, minor(ip), nonaged, humble, lowly, meek, modest, minuscule, pocket-sized, belittled, venial, small, pocket-size, small(a), little, small-scale, lowAntonyms:
starring(p), major, leading(p), unlimited, prima(p), stellar(a), senior, star(p), better, unpardonable, limitless
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
minoradjective
minoradjective
Synonyms:
inferior, subordinateminoradjective
Synonyms:
inconsiderable, petty
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
minoradjective
Synonyms:
subordinate, secondary, less, smaller
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "minor":
minors, small, slight, juvenile, underage, under-age, juveniles, secondary, mild, petty, low, miner, mineurs, miners, small-scale, slightly, lesser, lower, child, less, light, little, insignificant, lightweight, minimal, marginal, unimportant, modest, trivial, lowest, simple, children, under-aged, non-substantial
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#354 | children | |
#398 | little | |
#402 | low | |
#535 | less | |
#613 | light | |
#655 | child | |
#669 | baby | |
#933 | simple | |
#1104 | lower | |
#1905 | lowest | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#2673 | minor | |
#2758 | junior | |
#2766 | secondary | |
#3435 | kid | |
#5422 | younger | |
#5479 | minimal | |
#5790 | juvenile | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7807 | lightweight | |
#8164 | mild | |
#8734 | lesser | |
#8785 | squirt | |
#10026 | modest | |
#10808 | fry | |
#11024 | marginal | |
#12155 | humble | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#13045 | minors | |
#13331 | petty | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#16032 | miners | |
#16290 | miner | |
#17833 | diminished | |
#18150 | claw | |
#18771 | underage | |
#20002 | shaver | |
#20267 | insignificant | |
#21682 | peasant | |
#24127 | juveniles | |
#26177 | barbarian | |
#29487 | meek | |
#32026 | unimportant | |
#37423 | youngster | |
#37657 | lowly | |
#67042 | nestling | |
#69087 | nipper | |
#71006 | minuscule | |
#83754 | boor | |
#88493 | excusable | |
#95775 | chela | |
#103046 | tyke | |
#112203 | forgivable | |
#118652 | tike | |
#133788 | belittled | |
#140692 | pincer | |
#158226 | venial | |
#165088 | kidskin | |
#215329 | tiddler | |
#227720 | pocketable | |
#253593 | churl | |
#279390 | mineurs |
How to use minor in a sentence?
In no world, whatsoever, should arresting a man for an alleged minor infraction involve a police officer putting his knee on a man's neck for nine minutes while he cries out' I can't breathe' and then goes silent, to me, to a great many of my fellow Kentuckians and to many outraged Americans, these disturbing events do not look like three isolated incidents, they look more like the latest chapter in our national struggle to make equal justice and equal protection of the law into facts of life for all Americans.
There is still hope, until one week, I have a solid hope that we will find someone. After one week, it's minor.
We feel that something has changed: it's no longer just graffiti or minor incidents, these are death threats [against the Jewish community], it cannot go on like this.
It is cold and dark in the Arctic so it will revert to its colder temperatures, but every warm air moving into the Arctic keeps it from getting really cold like it used to. It has a minor, long-term effect, thinner ice and warmer temperatures overall.
The Uyghur people high up know the real extent of the threat and how minor it is, but I think some of the lower level officials really do believe what they are doing is saving Uyghurs from extremism and terrorism.
Translations for minor
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- minderjarigeAfrikaans
- قاصرArabic
- vedlejšíCzech
- plant dan oedWelsh
- mindre, mindreårig, bifag, ubetydelig, molDanish
- geringfügig, unbedeutend, moll, klein, geringer, Nebenfach, Minderjähriger, gering, Minderjährige, minderjährige PersonGerman
- ελάσσων, ήσσων, ασήμαντος, μινόρε, μικρήGreek
- menor, menor de edadSpanish
- کسی که زیر سن قانونی استPersian
- vähämerkityksinen, sivuaineopiskelija, alaikäinen, suorittaa, sivuaine, molli, vähäinenFinnish
- mineurFrench
- नाबालिगHindi
- kisebbHungarian
- minorIndonesian
- minoreItalian
- קַטִיןHebrew
- マイナー, 未成年者Japanese
- 미성년자Korean
- bijvak, onbelangrijk, minderjarigeDutch
- menor, menor de idadePortuguese
- незначительный, второстепе́нный, незначи́тельный, ма́лый, малоле́тний, [[непро́фильный]] [[предме́т]], несовершенноле́тний, мино́рныйRussian
- underårigSwedish
- சிறியTamil
- minör, küçük, reşit olmayan, ergin olmayan, tâlî, rüşte ermemiş, yardımcı, ikincilTurkish
- неповнолітнійUkrainian
- معمولیUrdu
- 次要Chinese
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