minor

adj 1: 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" [ant: {major}]

2: lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor

disturbance" [ant: {major}]

3: inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the

profits"; "Ursa Minor" [ant: {major}]

4: (music) of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat

minor" [ant: {major}]

5: (law) not of legal age; "minor children" [syn: {nonaged}, {underage}]

[ant: {major}]

6: of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor

injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical

disturbance" [ant: {major}]

7: of your secondary field of academic concentration or

specialization [ant: {major}]

8: (British) of the younger of two boys with the same family

name; "Jones minor" [syn: {minor(ip)}]

9: (theology) warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

[syn: {venial}]

10: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper

with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans" [syn: {modest},

{small}, {small-scale}]

n : 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" [syn: {child},

{kid}, {youngster}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler},

{tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}]