minor (
http://definr.com/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"; "a
pocket-size country" [syn:
modest,
small,
small-scale,
pocket-size,
pocket-sized]
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]