minor - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a young person of either sex

Synonyms

• child
• fry
• kid
• minor
• nestling
• nipper
• shaver
• small fry
• tiddler
• tike
• tyke
• youngster

More generic

• juvenile
• juvenile person

More specific

• bairn
• bambino
• buster
• changeling
• child prodigy
• foster child
• foster-child
• fosterling
• imp
• infant prodigy
• kiddie
• kiddy
• kindergartener
• kindergartner
• monkey
• orphan
• peanut
• picaninny
• piccaninny
• pickaninny
• poster child
• preschooler
• rapscallion
• rascal
• scalawag
• scallywag
• scamp
• silly
• sprog
• street child
• toddler
• tot
• urchin
• waif
• wonder child
• yearling

Related

• child's body

Verb

have as one's secondary field of study

Synonyms

• minor

More generic

• study

Adjective

relatively moderate, limited, or small

Synonyms

• minor
• modest
• pocket-size
• pocket-sized
• small
• small-scale

Related

• limited

Adjective

inferior in number or size or amount

Synonyms

• minor

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

lesser in scope or effect

Synonyms

• minor

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

not of legal age

Synonyms

• minor
• nonaged
• underage

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

(of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

Synonyms

• minor

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

Synonyms

• minor

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

of lesser importance or stature or rank

Synonyms

• minor

Related

• insignificant
• peanut
• secondary

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

of lesser seriousness or danger

Synonyms

• minor

Opposite / Antonyms

• major

Adjective

warranting only temporal punishment

Synonyms

• minor
• venial

Related

• pardonable

Adjective

of the younger of two boys with the same family name

Synonyms

• minor

Related

• junior

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