minor

Meaning

1. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
2. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
3. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
4. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
5. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
6. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
7. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
8. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
9. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
10. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
11. (obsolete) Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
12. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option
13. Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly

insignificant

small

under age

of no account

non-serious

minor subject

jr.

person not grown up

not of age

second best

slight injury

extremely small

less important

infeior

very young in age

under-age

minor term

young people

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/

From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.