minor

Meanings

Noun

• a young person of either sex

Adjective

• 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"
• lesser in scope or effect
  • "had minor differences"
  • "a minor disturbance"
• inferior in number or size or amount
  • "a minor share of the profits"
  • "Ursa Minor"
• of a scale or mode
  • "the minor keys"
  • "in B flat minor"
• not of legal age
  • "minor children"
• of lesser seriousness or danger
  • "suffered only minor injuries"
  • "some minor flooding"
  • "a minor tropical disturbance"
• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

Adjective Satellite

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name
  • "Jones minor"
• warranting only temporal punishment
• limited in size or scope

Synonyms

child, fry, kid, modest, nestling, nipper, nonaged, pocket-size, pocket-sized, shaver, small, small fry, small-scale, tiddler, tike, tyke, underage, venial, youngster