· a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

Synonym(s): child, kid, youngster, shaver, nipper, small_fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling

Hypernym(s): juvenile, juvenile_person

· 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"

Antonym(s): major

· lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"

Antonym(s): major

· inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"

Antonym(s): major

· of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"

Antonym(s): major

· not of legal age; "minor children"

Synonym(s): nonaged, underage

Antonym(s): major

· of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"

Antonym(s): major

· of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

Antonym(s): major

· of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor"

· warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

Synonym(s): venial

· limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"

Synonym(s): modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized