A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
Source: tatoeba (40064)
Minor
/ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/
Synonyms for "minor" (329 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (66)
academic specialtyadolescentareaaveragebabyback burnerback-burnerboybuddingcallowcasualchildclassical educationcommoncore curriculumcoursecourse of studycurriculumdemeaningdependent
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Adjective(9 words)
Strong matches (99)
Adjective(1 words)
insignificant and thesaurus:small
Adjective(29 words)
insignificant aspectinsignificant conceptinsignificant devianceinsignificant factorinsignificant lawinsignificant momentinsubstantialirrelevant detailirrelevant fieldirrelevant issueirrelevant materialirrelevant remarkirrelevant subjectirrelevant taskjuvenile treeleastleast animalleast valuelittle earthlinglittler
Noun(22 words)
Adverb(3 words)
less mature peopleless mature personsmost significant changes
Verb(1 words)
Related words (164)
nonessentialnot vitalobscureone-horseordinarypaltrypedal pointperipheralpetitpettypicayunepiddlingpottyproseminarpubescentpunyquadriviumrawrefresher courseripening
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saplingsappyschoolboyschoolgirlscientific educationsecond ranksecond stringsecond-ratesecondaryseminarservileshoestringsideslightslipsmallsmall-beersmall-frysmall-timesmallerspecialtysprigstriplingstudysubsubalternsubdisciplinesubdominantsubjectsubmediantsubordinatesubservientsubsidiarysubtonicsupertonictechnicaltechnical educationteenagerteenerteenyboppertenderthird rankthird stringtonalitytonictonic keytributarytriflingtrivialtriviumtwo-bitunadultunderageunderprivilegedundevelopedundistinguishedunessentialunfledgedunformedunimportantunimpressiveunlickedunmellowedunnoteworthyunnoticeableunripeunseasonedvernalvirginalvulgarwardyoungyoung hopefulyoung personyoungeryoungestyounglingyoungsteryouth
Noun(28 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(34 words)
perceived unimportanceperipheral townpettierpettiestpocket-sizepocket-sizedpublic insignificancesecond rank statussimple choreslight amountslight influenceslighterslightestsmallsmall alterationsmall countrysmall detailsmall differencesmall favorsmall push
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small-scalesmaller numbersmaller partytiniertiny humantrivial pointtrivial questionunderageunimportant claimunimportant personunsubstantialvenialweak degreeyoung human being
Determiner(1 words)
the trivial point
Preposition(1 words)
to a lesser extent
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesMore specific
9 entriesadolescentharmonic minormelodic minorminor issuenatural minorpreteensmall scaletiny sizetrivial matter
Collocations
12 entriesguardianship for minorsminor changeminor childminor detailminor errorminor pointminor problemminor rightsminor setbackminor statusminorsunderage minor
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 23 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- byvak noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- keusevak noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Bulgarian
2 entries- второстепенен adj (lesser in importance)
- маловажен adj (lesser in importance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 副修 noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- 輔修 /辅修 noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- 輔系 /辅系 noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Czech
1 entries- vedlejší adj (lesser in importance)
Danish
2 entries- ubetydelig adj (lesser in importance)
- bifag noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Dutch
4 entries- gering adj (lesser in importance)
- licht adj (lesser in importance)
- minderjarig adj (lesser in importance)
- onbelangrijk adj (lesser in importance)
Esperanto
1 entries- negrava adj (lesser in importance)
Finnish
4 entries- vähäinen adj (lesser in importance)
- vähämerkityksinen adj (lesser in importance)
- sivuaine noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- sivuaineopiskelija noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
French
1 entries- mineur adj (lesser in importance)
Friulian
1 entries- minôr adj (lesser in importance)
German
4 entries- gering adj (lesser in importance)
- geringfügig adj (lesser in importance)
- klein adj (lesser in importance)
- nachgeordnet adj (lesser in importance)
Greek
3 entries- ήσσων adj (lesser in importance)
- ασήμαντος adj (lesser in importance)
- ελάσσων adj (lesser in importance)
Hungarian
4 entries- csekély adj (lesser in importance)
- jelentéktelen adj (lesser in importance)
- lényegtelen adj (lesser in importance)
- mellékes adj (lesser in importance)
Italian
1 entries- minore adj (lesser in importance)
Polish
3 entries- drugorzędny adj (lesser in importance)
- poboczny adj (lesser in importance)
- pomniejszy adj (lesser in importance)
Portuguese
1 entries- menor adj (lesser in importance)
Russian
3 entries- второстепе́нный adj (lesser in importance)
- незначи́тельный adj (lesser in importance)
- непро́фильный предме́т noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Scots
1 entries- smaa adj (lesser in importance)
Spanish
1 entries- menor adj (lesser in importance)
Swedish
1 entries- smärre adj (lesser in importance)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalit-an noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Turkish
3 entries- ikincil adj (lesser in importance)
- tâlî adj (lesser in importance)
- yardımcı noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Ukrainian
3 entries- другоря́дний adj (lesser in importance)
- дрібни́й adj (lesser in importance)
- незначни́й adj (lesser in importance)
Sample sentences
58 total sentences available.
There's no sense acting all triumphant like a conquering hero over such a minor thing.
Source: tatoeba (41374)
The differences were minor, so I ignored them.
Source: tatoeba (41979)
The experiment failed because of some minor faults.
Source: tatoeba (46900)
Showing 4 of 58 available sentences.