minor (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 12 senses of the word *minor*:
ADJECTIVE	all	minor	of lesser importance or stature or rank
all	minor	lesser in scope or effect
all	minor	inferior in number or size or amount
all	minor	of a scale or mode
all	minor, nonaged, underage	not of legal age
all	minor	of lesser seriousness or danger / danger
all	minor	of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
all	minor	of the younger of two boys with the same family name
all	minor, venial	warranting only temporal punishment
all	minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized	limited in size or scope
NOUN	person	minor, child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling	a young person of either sex
VERB	cognition	minor	have as one's secondary field of study

minor > pronunciation
Sounds	may'ner
Rhymes	Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner...

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Of lesser importance or stature or rank.
Examples	"a minor poet" "had a minor part in the play" "a minor official" "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen" "minor back roads"
Narrower	insignificant, peanut	Of little importance or influence or power
Narrower	secondary	not of major importance
Opposite	major	Of greater importance or stature or rank
Spanish	menor
Catalan	menor

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	Lesser in scope or effect.
Examples	"had minor differences" "a minor disturbance"
Opposite	major	Greater in scope or effect
Spanish	menor
Catalan	menor

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	inferior in number or size or amount.
Examples	"a minor share of the profits" "Ursa Minor"
Attribute of	minority	Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
Opposite	major	Greater in number or size or amount
Spanish	menor
Catalan	menor
Nouns	minority	being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	Of a scale or mode.
Examples	"the minor keys" "in B flat minor"
Category	music	An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
Opposite	major	Of a scale or mode
Spanish	menor
Catalan	menor

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 5
Meaning	not of legal age.
Example	"minor children"
Synonyms	nonaged, underage
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Opposite	major	Of full legal age
Spanish	menor, menor de edad
Catalan	menor, més petit
Nouns	minority	any age prior to the legal age

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 6
Meaning	Of lesser seriousness or danger / danger.
Examples	"suffered only minor injuries" "some minor flooding" "a minor tropical disturbance"
Opposite	major	Of greater seriousness or danger / danger
Spanish	insignificante

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 7
Meaning	Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization.
Opposite	major	Of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
Spanish	secundario

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 8
Meaning	Of the younger of two boys with the same family name.
Example	"Jones minor"
Region	United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain	A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broader	junior	younger
Spanish	menor
Catalan	menor, més petit

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 9
Meaning	warranting only temporal punishment.
Synonym	venial
Category	theology, divinity	The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
Broader	pardonable	Admitting of being pardoned
Spanish	menor, venial
Catalan	menor, venial

English > *minor*: 12 senses > adjective 10
Meaning	Limited in size or scope.
Synonyms	modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
Broader	limited	small in range or scope
Spanish	menor, modesto, pequeño, reducido
Catalan	petit, reduït

English > *minor*: 12 senses > noun 1, person
Meaning	A young person of either sex.
Synonyms	child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
Parts	child's body	The body of a human child
Narrower	bairn	A child
	buster	A robust child
	changeling	A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
	child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child	A prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
	foster-child, foster child, fosterling	A child who is raised by foster parents
	imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag	One who is playfully mischievous
	kiddy, kiddie	A young child
	orphan	A child who has lost both parents
	peanut	A young child who is small for his age
	pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny	(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
	poster child	A child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
	preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener	A child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
	silly	A word used for misbehaving children
	sprog	A child
	toddler, yearling, tot, bambino	A young child
	urchin	Poor and often mischievous city child
	waif, street child	A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Broader	juvenile, juvenile person	A young person, not fully developed
Spanish	alevín, chango, chaval, chico, chiqüelo, chiquillo, cría, criatura, crío, joven, jovenzuelo, menor de edad, menor, mozalbete, muchachuelo, nene, niño, pececillo, tike
Catalan	criatura, jove, menor, nen, tike, xaval, xic

English > *minor*: 12 senses > verb 1, cognition
Meaning	Have as one's secondary field of study.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Example	"in collee she minored in mathematics"
Broader	study	Be a student

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