Minority

//maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti//

Synonyms for "minority" (63 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

Noun(3 words)

back seat callowness childhood dewiness disability disablement disqualification freshness greenness humbleness

Strong matches (19)

humility imbecility immaturity inability inadequacy incapability incapacitation incapacity incompetence incompetency inefficiency ineptitude inexperience infancy inferiority insufficiency juiciness juniority least

Related words (31)

Related word relations

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10 relation types

More general

6 entries

age eld figure legal status number social group

Antonyms

3 entries

adulthood majority

Synonyms

1 entries

childhood

Related terms

2 entries

minor quantifier

derived

26 entries

antiminority ethnic minority gender minority invisible minority majority-minority minoritarian minoritary minoritize minority cabinet minority council minority dominance minority domination minority government minority group minority language minority leader

Showing 16 of 26 words.

derived from

1 entries

minor

distinct from

1 entries

majority

has context

3 entries

politics us used attributively of party government etc

is a

5 entries

age group of things legal status number social group

related to

12 entries

adulthood empower ethnic legislative majority minor plurality represent seat subgroup vote youth

Translations

109 translations across 59 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

minderheids adj (of or relating to a minority)
minderheid noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minderheidslid noun (member of an ethnic minority)
minderjarigheid noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Arabic

1 entries

أَقَلِّيَّة noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Armenian

1 entries

փոքրամասնություն noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

azlıq noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
azlıq noun (member of an ethnic minority)
əqəliyyət noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Belarusian

2 entries

ме́ншасць noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
непаўнале́цце noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Bengali

2 entries

নাবালকতা noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
নাবালকত্ব noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Bulgarian

3 entries

малцинство́ noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
малцинство́ noun (member of an ethnic minority)
непълноле́тие noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Burmese

2 entries

လူနည်းစု noun (member of an ethnic minority)
အနည်းစု noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Catalan

2 entries

minoria noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoritat noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

少數 /少数 noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Czech

2 entries

menšina noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
nezletilost noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Danish

1 entries

mindretal noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Dutch

1 entries

minderheid noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Esperanto

1 entries

malplimulto noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Estonian

1 entries

vähemus noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Finnish

4 entries

alaikäisyys noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
nuoruus noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
vähemmistö noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
vähemmistön edustaja noun (member of an ethnic minority)

French

3 entries

minoritaire adj (of or relating to a minority)
minorité noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minorité noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Galician

1 entries

menoridade noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Georgian

4 entries

არასრულწლოვანება noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
ეთნიკური უმცირესობა noun (member of an ethnic minority)
ეროვნული უმცირესობა noun (member of an ethnic minority)
მცირეწლოვანება noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

German

2 entries

Minderheit noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
Minorität noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Greek

2 entries

μειονότητα noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
μειονότητα noun (member of an ethnic minority)

Hebrew

2 entries

בֵּן מִעוּטִים noun (member of an ethnic minority)
מיעוט noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Hindi

3 entries

अल्पसंख्यक noun (member of an ethnic minority)
अवयस्कता noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
नाबालिग़पन noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Hungarian

3 entries

kisebbségi adj (of or relating to a minority)
kisebbség noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
kisebbségi noun (member of an ethnic minority)

Icelandic

1 entries

minnihlutahópur noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Italian

2 entries

minoritario adj (of or relating to a minority)
minoranza noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Japanese

1 entries

少数 noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Kazakh

1 entries

азшылық noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Khmer

1 entries

ជនជាតិភាគតិច noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Korean

2 entries

미성년 noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
소수 noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Latvian

3 entries

mazākumgrupa noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoritāte noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
nepilngadība noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Lithuanian

1 entries

mažuma noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Macedonian

1 entries

малцинство noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Maltese

1 entries

minoranza noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Meänkieli

1 entries

minuriteetti noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Māori

1 entries

tokoiti noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Norman

2 entries

minnorité noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minnorité noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

kêmanî adj (of or relating to a minority)
kêmanî noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
kêmanî noun (member of an ethnic minority)
kêmanî noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

mindretall noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoritet noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

mindretal noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoritet noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Occitan

1 entries

minoritat noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

меншина noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Persian

1 entries

اقلیت noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Polish

2 entries

małoletniość noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
mniejszość noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Portuguese

2 entries

menoridade noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)
minoria noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Romanian

1 entries

minoritate noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Russian

2 entries

меньшинство́ noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
несовершенноле́тие noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Sardinian

1 entries

minoria noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

beag-chuid noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

manjìna noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
мањѝна noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Slovak

1 entries

menšina noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Slovene

1 entries

manjšina noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Spanish

4 entries

minoritario adj (of or relating to a minority)
minoridad noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoría noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
minoría noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Swedish

1 entries

minoritet noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Thai

1 entries

คนกลุ่มน้อย noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ме́ншість noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
неповнолі́ття noun (period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood)

Vietnamese

3 entries

người dân tộc thiểu số noun (member of an ethnic minority)
số ít noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
thiểu số noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

West-Frisian

1 entries

minderheid noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)

Yiddish

2 entries

מינדערהייט noun (subgroup that does not form a numerical majority)
מינדערהייט noun (member of an ethnic minority)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The chairman should take the minority opinion into account.

Source: tatoeba (20000)

We have to stand up for minority rights.

Source: tatoeba (22903)

Fork-users have historically been in the minority.

Source: tatoeba (34379)

The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.

Source: tatoeba (266407)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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