minor
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(satellite adjective) limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans" |
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Synonyms: modest, small, small-scale |
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(adjective) inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor" |
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Antonyms: major |
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(adjective) lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance" |
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Antonyms: major |
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(adjective) (law) not of legal age; "minor children" |
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Synonyms: nonaged, underage |
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Antonyms: major |
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(adjective) (music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" |
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Antonyms: major |
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(adjective) of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization |
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Antonyms: major |
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(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" |
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Antonyms: major |
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(adjective) of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance" |
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Antonyms: major |
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(satellite adjective) (theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" |
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Synonyms: venial |
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(satellite adjective) (British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor" |
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(noun) a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" |
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Synonyms: child, fry, kid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster |
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Related Words: bairn, bambino, changeling, foster child, imp, juvenile, juvenile person, kiddy, monkey, orphan, picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny, pupil, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, schoolchild, silly, toddler, tot, urchin, waif, yearling |
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