minor M₃I₁N₁O₁R₁

Adjective 2 meanings

1. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly

   “of minor importance”

2. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option

   “The defendant resides at 123 Fake Street with his partner and two minor children.”

Noun 4 meanings

1. A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.

   “No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.”

2. A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.

   “He plays in the minors.”

3. A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.

   “I got a minor in English Lit.”

4. A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.

   “I became an English minor.”

Verb 1 meaning

1. Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.

Similar and opposite words

• GOVERNOR₁₂
• HONOR₈
• DONOR₆
• MANOR₇
• CONNOR₈
• TENOR₅
• MISDEMEANOR₁₆
• DEMEANOR₁₁
• MONSIGNOR₁₂
• DISHONOR₁₂
• SIGNOR₇
• SENOR₅

• MANOR₇
• MINER₇
• MINOS₇
• MINAR₇
• MILOR₇