A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
Source: tatoeba (40064)
Minor
//ˈmaɪ.nəɹ//
Synonyms for "minor" (233 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Related words (116)
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Adjective(6 words)
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More general
3 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
13 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
88 entriesShowing 16 of 88 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
7 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
similar
9 entriesTranslations
144 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- mineur adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- byvak noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- keusevak noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- minderjarige noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Armenian
1 entries- անչափահաս noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- azyaşlı noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Belarusian
2 entries- малале́тні noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- непаўнале́тні noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Bengali
2 entries- অপ্রাপ্তবয়স্ক noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- নাবালক noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Bulgarian
4 entries- второстепенен adj (lesser in importance)
- маловажен adj (lesser in importance)
- минорен adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- непълнолетен noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Catalan
2 entries- menor noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- menor d'etat noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 副修 noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- 未成年人 noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- 未成年者 noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- 輔修 /辅修 noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
Czech
4 entries- malý adj (smaller by a semitone)
- moll adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- mollový adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- vedlejší adj (lesser in importance)
Danish
4 entries- mol adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- ubetydelig adj (lesser in importance)
- bifag noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- mindreårig noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Dutch
4 entries- gering adj (lesser in importance)
- licht adj (lesser in importance)
- minderjarig adj (lesser in importance)
- onbelangrijk adj (lesser in importance)
Esperanto
2 entries- negrava adj (lesser in importance)
- neplenaĝulo noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Finnish
4 entries- molli adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- vähäinen adj (lesser in importance)
- vähämerkityksinen adj (lesser in importance)
- alaikäinen noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
French
3 entries- mineur adj (lesser in importance)
- mineur adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- mineur noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Friulian
2 entries- minôr adj (lesser in importance)
- minôr noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Galician
2 entries- menor noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- menor de idade noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
German
4 entries- gering adj (lesser in importance)
- geringfügig adj (lesser in importance)
- klein adj (lesser in importance)
- moll adj (musical scale with a minor third)
Greek
4 entries- ήσσων adj (lesser in importance)
- ασήμαντος adj (lesser in importance)
- ελάσσων adj (lesser in importance)
- ελάσσων adj (musical scale with a minor third)
Hebrew
2 entries- קְטִינָה noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- קָטִין noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Hindi
3 entries- अवयस्क noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- किशोर noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- नाबालिग़ noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Hungarian
4 entries- csekély adj (lesser in importance)
- jelentéktelen adj (lesser in importance)
- kis adj (smaller by a semitone)
- lényegtelen adj (lesser in importance)
Indonesian
1 entries- anak noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Irish
1 entries- mionaoiseach noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Italian
3 entries- minore adj (lesser in importance)
- minore adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- minore noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Japanese
1 entries- 未成年者 noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Korean
1 entries- 미성년자 noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Ladin
1 entries- mender noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Latvian
1 entries- nepilngadīgs noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nepilnametis noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Macedonian
1 entries- малолетен noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Māori
1 entries- tāheke adj (musical scale with a minor third)
Occitan
1 entries- menor noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Persian
2 entries- مینور adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- کسی که زیر سن قانونی است noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Polish
4 entries- drugorzędny adj (lesser in importance)
- molowy adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- poboczny adj (lesser in importance)
- pomniejszy adj (lesser in importance)
Portuguese
3 entries- menor adj (lesser in importance)
- menor adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- menor noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Russian
4 entries- второстепе́нный adj (lesser in importance)
- ма́лый adj (smaller by a semitone)
- мино́рный adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- незначи́тельный adj (lesser in importance)
Scots
1 entries- smaa adj (lesser in importance)
Slovak
1 entries- neplnoletý noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Spanish
3 entries- menor adj (lesser in importance)
- menor noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
- menor de edad noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Swedish
2 entries- smärre adj (lesser in importance)
- underårig noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalit-an noun (subject of secondary undergraduate study)
- menor de edad noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Thai
1 entries- ผู้เยาว์ noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Turkish
4 entries- ikincil adj (lesser in importance)
- minör adj (musical scale with a minor third)
- tâlî adj (lesser in importance)
- ergin olmayan noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Ukrainian
4 entries- другоря́дний adj (lesser in importance)
- дрібни́й adj (lesser in importance)
- незначни́й adj (lesser in importance)
- малолі́тній noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
Welsh
1 entries- plentyn dan oed noun (someone below the legal age of majority)
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)
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