minor: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with M · ends with R
Meaning of minor
adj
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option Underage, not having reached legal majority.
Example: The defendant resides at 123 Fake Street with his partner and two minor children.
- figuratively, sometimes
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
Example: She suffered a minor injury.
Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
Example: The musical interval between C and E♭ is a minor third while C to E is a major third.
Listed forms: miner, maner, minore, minour, mynor, mynour, mynowr, mi.
Source: Wiktionary — minor.
noun
A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
Example: No, he can't get a mortgage or sell the house. He's still a minor. For the most part, he can't sign a legally binding contract.
A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
Example: He plays in the minors.
- Canada, US
A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
Example: I got a minor in English Lit.
- Canada, US, uncommon
A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
Example: I became an English minor.
Listed forms: minors, miner, maner, minore, minour, mynor, mynour, mynowr.
Source: Wiktionary — minor.
verb
- intransitive
Used in a phrasal verb: minor in.
Listed forms: minors, minoring, minored, miner, maner, minore, minour.
Source: Wiktionary — minor.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for minor.
adjective
not of legal age
- nonaged
- underage
adjective
warranting only temporal punishment
adjective
relatively moderate, limited, or small
noun
a young person of either sex
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is minor in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of minor
M(3) + I(1) + N(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of minor
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from minor
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