Definitions For Minor

noun

  • A league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
  • A young person of either sex
  • A person who is not yet old enough to have the rights of an adult
  • A second subject studied by a college or university student in addition to a main subject

verb

  • Have as one's secondary field of study

adjective

  • Relatively moderate, limited, or small
  • Warranting only temporal punishment
  • Of the younger of two boys with the same family name

adjective

  • Inferior in number or size or amount
  • Lesser in scope or effect
  • Not of legal age
  • (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
  • Of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
  • Of lesser importance or stature or rank
  • Of lesser seriousness or danger

Is Minors a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
10

The word Minor is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Minor in a Sentence

  • Her role in the project was minor.
  • I'm not worried about minor details.
  • The grant covered only a minor part of the cost.
  • Families with children who are still minors
  • The nightclub was shut down for selling alcohol to a minor.
  • She majored in chemistry with a minor in biology.

Synonyms for Minor

Antonyms for Minors

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