1. (adj)minor 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"
2. (adj)minor lesser in scope or effect
"had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"
3. (adj)minor inferior in number or size or amount
"a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"
4. (adj)minor of a scale or mode
"the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"
5. (adj)minor, nonaged, underage not of legal age
"minor children"
6. (adj)minor of lesser seriousness or danger
"suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"
7. (adj)minor of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
8. (adj)minor(ip) of the younger of two boys with the same family name
"Jones minor"
9. (adj)minor, venial warranting only temporal punishment
"venial sin"
10. (adj)minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized limited in size or scope
"a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"