Unscramble minor

Definition of minor

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". Antonyms: major.
• lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences", "a minor disturbance". Antonyms: major.
• inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits", "Ursa Minor". Antonyms: major.
• of a scale or mode; "the minor keys", "in B flat minor". Antonyms: major.
• not of legal age; "minor children". Synonyms: nonaged, underage. Antonyms: major.
• of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries", "some minor flooding", "a minor tropical disturbance". Antonyms: major.
• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization. Antonyms: major.
• of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor".
• warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin". Synonyms: venial.
• limited in size or scope; "a small business", "a newspaper with a modest circulation", "small-scale plans", "a pocket-size country". Synonyms: modest, pocket-size, pocket-sized, small, small-scale.

noun:

• a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children", "they're just kids", "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster". Synonyms: child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster.

Related words

bairn, bambino, buster, changeling, fosterling, imp, kiddy, kindergartener, kindergartner, monkey, orphan, peanut, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, preschooler, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, silly, sprog, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, yearling.

Words nearby

manor, miner, minors, minos.

Rhymes with

berliner, designer, diner, finer, liner, miner, niner, recliner, refiner, shiner, signer, steiner, whiner, whiner, wiener.