Minor synonyms and antonyms
mī'nər
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The definition of a boy is a young male or, when used offensively, a male employee could be referred to as a boy.
little-one
A term of endearment, especially toward children.
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A boy or young man.
An accident or mishap, especially resulting in a fall.
The definition of a spring is a coil that goes to its original shape after being compressed.
A girl attending school.
A lass.
trivial (related)
Concerned with or involving unimportant matters; superficial:
unimportant (related)
Not important; insignificant or petty.
A minor accompanying item or expense:
A person or thing that is secondary, subordinate, or inferior
(Countable) One who is subordinate.
(Chiefly in plural) A surface detail.
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major (antonym)
Based on the scale pattern of the major mode
significant (antonym)
Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive:
senior (antonym)
Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]
adult (antonym)
One who has attained maturity or legal age.
Low or lower in order, degree, or rank:
(Comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
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Lower is defined as in a lesser or inferior place, or something less in quality or value.
Of subordinate position or importance:
Petty is defined as something relatively worthless or unimportant.
Narrow in outlook; petty:
(Logic) Designating a proposition that is implied by another proposition but does not imply it
Lower in position, authority, rank, amount, degree, etc.
Insignificant or unimportant; minor:
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Juvenile is defined as someone who is still a child.
over (related)
(Informal) As a surplus; in excess; extra
law (related)
A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately.
youth (related)
Not yet a legal adult
Moderate or limited in size, quantity, or range; not extreme:
Drawn or constructed too small for much detail.
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The definition of pocket size is something that is small enough to be carried on your person easily, often in your shirt or pants.
Of a size suitable to be carried in a pocket:
nonaged
Not aged.
(Roman Catholic Church) Minor, therefore warranting only temporal punishment.
A young person.
A youth
A person who shaves
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(Chiefly Brit., Informal) A small boy; lad
Children
(UK, informal) A small fish, especially a stickleback
The definition of a tyke is a small child.
(Archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).
slight (related)
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serious (related)
remediable (related)
person under twenty-one
a young person of either sex
underage person
a young person of either sex
Miss is a title used for unmarried women and is also a polite way of speaking to or getting the attention of young women.
A short distance or time:
important (antonym)
The definition of important is having great significance or consequence.
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large (antonym)
The definition of large is greater than average in size or amount, or important or significant.
greater (antonym)
Used in referring to a region or place together with the surrounding area; (of a city) metropolitan.
minor-scale (related)
based on the scale pattern of the minor mode
person under eighteen
a young person of either sex
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