Synonyms for minor
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : mahy-ner |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ nər |
Top 10 synonyms for minor Other synonyms for the word minor
- accessory
- below the mark
- bush-league
- casual
- dependent
- dinky
- inconsiderable
- inferior
- junior
- lad
- light
- little one
- low
- minus
- paltry
- petty
- piddling
- schoolboy
- schoolgirl
- second-string
- secondary
- slight
- small-fry
- small-time
- smaller
- subordinate
- subsidiary
- tacky
- teenager
- trifling
- trivial
- two-bit
- underage
- unimportant
- younger
- youngster
- youth
Définition of minor
Origin :- early 13c., menour "Franciscan" (see minor (n.)), from Latin minor "less, lesser, smaller, junior," figuratively "inferior, less important," formed as a masculine/feminine form of minus on the mistaken assumption that minus was a neuter comparative, from PIE root *mei- "small" (see minus).
- Some English usages are via Old French menor "less, smaller, lower; underage, younger," from Latin minor. Meaning "underage" is from 1570s. Meaning "lesser" in English is from early 15c.; that of "less important" is from 1620s. The musical sense is from 1690s. In the baseball sense, minor league is from 1884; the figurative extension is first recorded 1926.
- adj insignificant, small
- noun person under legal age of maturity
- In the matter of minor industries, sericulture holds a first rank.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- The same holds good as to minor front or rear displacements.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- This man had an infected leg that required some minor surgery.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The man of purpose says no to all lesser calls, all minor opportunities.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- He and his friends were approaching Macri, on the coast of Asia Minor.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- The great conflicts of the West, and the minor battles had accounted for the others.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- It matters not how many of the minor arts the youth acquires.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
- The minor virtues are not to be despised, even in comparison with the most exalted.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- An hour ago a rainstorm would have been a minor catastrophe.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- "I dare say Ruggles and I can be depended upon to decide a minor matter like that," he said.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
Antonyms for minor
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