minor

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Synonyms: manor, mainor, minow, miner, minos, mino, milor, minot, minar, mibor, milnor

Antonyms: manor, mainor, minow, miner, minos, mino, milor, minot, minar, mibor, milnor

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. [[lesser|Lesser]], [[smaller]] in [[importance]], [[size]], [[degree]], [[seriousness]], or [[significance]] [[compare]]d to [[another]] [[option]], [[particularly]]:

Noun

1. {{lb|en|law}} A [[child]], a [[person]] who has not reached the [[age of majority]], [[age of consent|consent]], etc. and is legally [[subject]] to fewer [[responsibilities]] and less [[accountability]] and entitled to fewer [[legal]] [[right]]s and [[privilege]]s.
2. A [[lesser]] [[person]] or [[thing]], a [[person]], [[group]]{{,}} or [[thing]] of [[#Adjective|minor]] [[rank]] or in the [[minor league]]s.
3. {{lb|en|music}} {{ellipsis of|en|minor interval,minor scale,minor mode,minor key,minor chord,minor triad}}.
4. {{lb|en|North America|education}} A formally recognized secondary [[area]] of [[undergraduate]] [[study]], requiring fewer [[course credit]]s than the equivalent [[major]].
5. {{lb|en|North America|education|uncommon}} A [[person]] who is [[completing]] or has [[complete]]d such a [[course]] of [[study]].
6. {{lb|en|mathematics}} A [[determinant]] of a [[square matrix]] obtained by [[deleting]] one or more [[row]]s and [[column]]s.
7. {{lb|en|Catholicism}} {{alternative case form of|en|Minor}}: a [[Franciscan]] [[friar]], a [[Clarist]] [[nun]].
8. {{lb|en|logic}} {{ellipsis of|en|minor term,minor premise}}.
9. {{lb|en|baseball}} {{ellipsis of|en|minor league|t=the lower [[level]] of [[team]]s}}.
10. {{lb|en|ice hockey}} {{ellipsis of|en|minor penalty|t=a [[penalty]] requiring a [[player]] to leave the [[ice]] for 2 [[minute]]s unless the [[opposing]] [[team]] [[score]]s}}.
11. {{lb|en|Australian football}} {{synonym of|en|behind}}: a one-[[point]] [[kick]].
12. {{lb|en|rugby|historical}} {{ellipsis of|en|minor point|t=a lesser [[score]] formerly gained by certain [[action]]s}}.

Verb

1. {{phrasal verb|lang=en|minor in}}

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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