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Adj. | 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" Antonyms: major - of greater importance or stature or rank; "a major artist"; "a major role"; "major highways" |
2. | minor - lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" Antonyms: major - greater in scope or effect; "a major contribution"; "a major improvement"; "a major break with tradition"; "a major misunderstanding" | |
3. | minor - inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" Antonyms: major - greater in number or size or amount; "a major portion (a majority) of the population"; "Ursa Major"; "a major portion of the winnings" | |
4. | minor - of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" Antonyms: major - of a scale or mode; "major scales"; "the key of D major" | |
5. | minor - not of legal age; "minor children" Antonyms: major - of full legal age; "major children" | |
6. | minor - of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" Antonyms: major - of greater seriousness or danger; "a major earthquake"; "a major hurricane"; "a major illness" | |
7. | minor - of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization Antonyms: major - of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes; "his major field was mathematics" | |
8. | minor - of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor" | |
9. | minor - warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" Synonyms: venial | |
10. | minor - limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" |
MINOR, persons. One under the age of twenty-one years, while in a state of infancy; one who has not attained the age of a major. The terms major and minor, are more particularly used in the civil law. The common law terms are adult and infant. See Infant.
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