Minor - Definition

adj 1: 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" [ant: major]
2: lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor
disturbance" [ant: major]
3: inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the
profits"; "Ursa Minor" [ant: major]
4: of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor" [ant:
major]
5: not of legal age; "minor children" [syn: minor, nonaged,
underage] [ant: major]
6: of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor
injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical
disturbance" [ant: major]
7: of your secondary field of academic concentration or
specialization [ant: major]
8: of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones
minor"
9: warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn:
minor, venial]
10: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper
with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-
size country" [syn: minor, modest, small, small-
scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized]
n 1: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster,
minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler,
tike, tyke, fry, nestling]