Minor
/ˈmaɪnɚ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Minor
noun
- A person who is below the age of majority, consent, criminal responsibility or other adult responsibilities and accountabilities.
"It is illegal to sell weapons to minors under the age of eighteen."
- A subject area of secondary concentration of a student at a college or university, or the student who has chosen such a secondary concentration.
"I became an English minor."
- Determinant of a square submatrix
- (British slang) A younger brother (especially at a public school).
- A small worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony, sized between a minim and a media.
verb
- To choose or have an area of secondary concentration as a student in a college or university.
"I had so many credit hours of English, I decided to minor in it."
adjective
- Of little significance or importance.
"The physical appearance of a candidate is a minor factor in recruitment."
- Of a scale which has lowered scale degrees three, six, and seven relative to major, but with the sixth and seventh not always lowered
"a minor scale"
- Being the smaller of the two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number
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Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
underage
ANTONYMS
adultmajor