minor
adjective
[ ˈmʌɪnə ]
• lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
• "she requested a number of minor alterations"
Similar:
slight,
small,
unimportant,
insignificant,
inconsequential,
inconsiderable,
of little account,
peripheral,
subsidiary,
negligible,
trivial,
trifling,
paltry,
petty,
footling,
nickel-and-dime,
piffling,
piddling,
little known,
unknown,
lesser,
obscure,
lightweight,
subordinate,
minor-league,
small-time,
penny-ante,
two-bit,
picayune,
bush-league,
• (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
• (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers.
• "Smith minor"
• (of a term) occurring as the subject of the conclusion of a categorical syllogism.
minor
noun
• a person under the age of full legal responsibility.
• "the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
Similar:
child,
infant,
youth,
adolescent,
teenager,
boy,
girl,
lad,
lass,
schoolboy,
schoolgirl,
kid,
kiddie,
• a minor key, interval, or scale.
• the minor leagues in baseball or American football.
• "Salinas was one of six teams in the minors"
• a student's subsidiary subject or course.
• "a minor in American Indian studies"
• a minor term or premise.
• short for minor suit.
• "a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors"
• a small drab moth which has purplish caterpillars that feed on grass.
minor
verb
• study as or qualify in a subsidiary subject at college or university.
• "Clark had minored in Animal Science"
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin, ‘smaller, less’; related to minuere ‘lessen’. The term originally denoted a Franciscan friar, suggested by the Latin name Fratres Minores (‘Lesser Brethren’), chosen by St Francis for the order.
