minor

/maɪnər/ adjectivenounverb
5 letters2 syllables7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS12
ADJECTIVE
1

Not of legal age.

“minor children”

2

Relatively moderate, limited, or small.

3

Warranting only temporal punishment.

4

Inferior in number or size or amount.

“a minor share of the profits”

5

(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.

“the minor keys”

“in B flat minor”

6

Of lesser importance or stature or rank.

“a minor poet”

“had a minor part in the play”

7

Of the younger of two boys with the same family name.

“Jones minor”

OTHER
1

Lesser in scope or effect.

“had minor differences”

“a minor disturbance”

2

Of lesser seriousness or danger.

“suffered only minor injuries”

“some minor flooding”

3

Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization.

NOUN
1

A young person of either sex.

VERB
1

Have as one's secondary field of study.

“in collee she minored in mathematics”

WORD FORMS
Related formminority
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Pig Latininormay
Starts & ends withM … R
Syllablesmi · nor
SYNONYMS & RELATED27
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