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Grep of noun minor asia minor canis minor epilepsia minor lemna minor minor minor-league club minor-league team minor axis minor diatonic scale minor expense minor league minor leaguer minor planet minor premise minor premiss minor role minor scale minor suit minor surgery minor term minor tranquilizer minor tranquillizer minority minority leader minors musculus pectoralis minor musculus rhomboideus minor musculus teres minor pectoralis minor phacelia minor philohela minor pyrola minor rhomboid minor muscle sarracenia minor teres minor teres minor muscle ursa minor variola minor variola minor virus vinca minor Overview of noun minor The noun minor has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters") Overview of adj minor The adj minor has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (7) minor -- (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") 2. (3) minor -- (lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance") 3. (2) minor -- (inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor") 4. (1) minor -- ((music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor") 5. (1) minor, nonaged, underage -- ((law) not of legal age; "minor children") 6. minor -- (of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance") 7. minor -- (of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization) 8. minor -- ((British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name "Jones minor") 9. minor, venial -- ((theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin") 10. minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country") Antonyms of adj minor 10 senses of minor Sense 1 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) => great, outstanding => leading(prenominal), prima(prenominal), star(prenominal), starring(prenominal), stellar(postnominal) Sense 2 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) Sense 3 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) => better Sense 4 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) Sense 5 minor (vs. major), nonaged, underage major (vs. minor) Sense 6 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) Sense 7 minor (vs. major) major (vs. minor) Sense 8 minor(predicate) INDIRECT (VIA junior) -> senior Sense 9 minor, venial INDIRECT (VIA pardonable) -> unpardonable Sense 10 minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized INDIRECT (VIA limited) -> unlimited, limitless Similarity of adj minor 10 senses of minor Sense 1 minor (vs. major) => insignificant, peanut => secondary Sense 2 minor (vs. major) Sense 3 minor (vs. major) Sense 4 minor (vs. major) Sense 5 minor (vs. major), nonaged, underage Sense 6 minor (vs. major) Sense 7 minor (vs. major) Sense 8 minor(predicate) => junior (vs. senior) Sense 9 minor, venial => pardonable (vs. unpardonable) Sense 10 minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized => limited (vs. unlimited) Attributes of adj minor 1 of 10 senses of minor Sense 3 minor (vs. major) => minority Familiarity of adj minor minor used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 10) Grep of adj minor minor Overview of noun minor The noun minor has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters") Overview of adj minor The adj minor has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (7) minor -- (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") 2. (3) minor -- (lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance") 3. (2) minor -- (inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor") 4. (1) minor -- ((music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor") 5. (1) minor, nonaged, underage -- ((law) not of legal age; "minor children") 6. minor -- (of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance") 7. minor -- (of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization) 8. minor -- ((British) of the younger of two boys with the same family name "Jones minor") 9. minor, venial -- ((theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin") 10. minor, modest, small small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized -- (limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country")
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