Clues for the word "MINOR"

We've had 154 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 313 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on March 29, 2026.

Definition of minor

a. - Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.
a. - Less by a semitone in interval or difference of pitch; as, a minor third.
n. - A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one years of age.
n. - The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness.
n. - A Minorite; a Franciscan friar.