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[mahy-ner] 
| Main Entry: |
minor
[mahy-ner]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person under legal age of maturity |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, baby, boy, child, girl, infant, junior, juvenile, lad, little one, schoolboy, schoolgirl, teenager, underage, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | child |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very young person |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person of lesser rank, importance |
| Synonyms: | adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling |
| Antonyms: | superior |
| Main Entry: | juvenile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | young person |
| Synonyms: | adolescent, boy, child, girl, infant, kid*, minor, youngster, youth |
| Antonyms: | adult |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specialty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive feature; concentration |
| Synonyms: | career, claim to fame, cup of tea, distinguishing feature, field of concentration, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, object of attention, object of study, occupation, pièce de résistance, practice, profession, pursuit, racket, special, special project, speciality, thing*, vocation, weakness, work |
| Antonyms: | generalization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | teenager |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adolescent |
| Synonyms: | juvenile, minor, stripling, sweet sixteen, teen, teenybopper, youngster, youth |
| Main Entry: | ward |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custody; person in one's custody |
| Synonyms: | adopted child, care, charge, child, client, dependent, foster child, godchild, guardianship, keeping, minor, orphan, pensioner, protection, protégé, protégée, pupil, safekeeping, trust |
| Main Entry: | bush league |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | minor league |
| Synonyms: | amateur, minors, nothing to brag about, second-rate, small potatoes, the bushes, triple-A |
| Main Entry: | minor league |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | professional sports team not belonging to the major league |
| Synonyms: | bush league, bushes, junior league, junior varsity, minors, triple-A |
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