minor

1. Of lesser importance or stature or rank (synset 301476226)
   "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"
   similar to:

   • insignificant, peanut - of little importance or influence or power; of minor status
   • secondary - not of major importance
2. Lesser in scope or effect (synset 301474638)
   "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
3. Inferior in number or size or amount (synset 301474283)
   "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
   tells us about: minority - being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts
4. (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees (synset 301475232)
   "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
   referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
5. Not of legal age (synset 301474869)
   "minor children"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   same as: nonaged, underage
6. Of lesser seriousness or danger (synset 301476969)
   "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
7. Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization (synset 301475652)
8. Of the younger of two boys with the same family name (synset 302108520)
   "Jones minor"
   domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
   similar to: junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
9. Warranting only temporal punishment (synset 301725636)
   "venial sin"
   referred to in: divinity, theology - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
   similar to: pardonable - admitting of being pardoned
   same as: venial
10. Relatively moderate, limited, or small (synset 301418056)
    "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"
    similar to: limited - small in range or scope
    same as: modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale

1. A young person of either sex (synset 109937051)
   "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
   is a type of: juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
   subtypes:

   • bairn - a child: son or daughter
   • 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, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp - one who is playfully mischievous
   • kiddie, kiddy - informal term for a young child
   • orphan - a child who has lost both parents
   • peanut - a young child who is small for his age
   • picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (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
   • kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
   • silly - a word used for misbehaving children
   • sprog - a child
   • bambino, toddler, tot, yearling - a young child
   • urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
   • street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
   has: child's body - the body of a human child
   same as: child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster

1. Have as one's secondary field of study (synset 200609193)
   "in collee she minored in mathematics"
   is a type of: study - be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning

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