MINORITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for MINORITY?

Need another word that means the same as “minority”? Find 10 synonyms and 30 related words for “minority” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Minority” are: nonage, youth, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, adolescence, teens, young adulthood, immaturity

Minority as a Noun

Definitions of "Minority" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “minority” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part.
• The number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly.
• The smaller number or part, especially a number or part representing less than half of the whole.
• The state or period of being under the age of full legal responsibility.
• A small group of people within a community or country, differing from the main population in race, religion, language, or political persuasion.
• Being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts.
• Any age prior to the legal age.

Synonyms of "Minority" as a noun (10 Words)

adolescence	In the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood. During adolescence teenagers often experience violent mood swings.
babyhood	The earliest state of immaturity.
boyhood	The state or time of being a boy. He has been passionate about cars since boyhood.
girlhood	The childhood of a girl. They had been friends since girlhood.
immaturity	Not having reached maturity. The immaturity of the immune system in very young children makes them especially vulnerable.
infancy	The condition of being a minor. A son who died in infancy.
nonage	The period of a person’s immaturity or youth.
teens	The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.
young adulthood	United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955.
youth	Young people considered as a group. He had been a keen sportsman in his youth.

Usage Examples of "Minority" as a noun

• A blocking minority of 23 votes.
• Minority rights.
• He held a minority position.
• A minority party.
• When the vote was taken they were in the minority.
• Ethnic minorities.
• Those who acknowledge his influence are in the minority.
• Intrigues between factions striving to make the king their puppet continued throughout his minority.
• Only a minority of properties are rented.

Associations of "Minority" (30 Words)

abstruse	Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. The professor s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them.
arcane	Understood by few; mysterious or secret. Arcane procedures for electing people.
attritional	Relating to or caused by attrition.
clique	An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. The old school clique.
convoluted	Rolled longitudinally upon itself. Convoluted reasoning.
diminished	Of an organ or body part diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use. A diminished role for local government.
esoteric	Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle. Esoteric philosophical debates.
jack	A steeplejack. You don t know jack.
less	(nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer. Less quickly.
lilliputian	(informal) small and of little importance. A lilliputian chest of drawers.
little	Used in names of animals and plants that are smaller than related kinds e g little grebe. Little did he know what wheels he was putting into motion.
mini	Denoting a miniature version of something. A mini camera.
minor	A minor term or premise. Smith minor.
obscure	Make obscure or unclear. An obscure flaw.
pettiness	Lack of importance or worth; triviality. Try to overlook insults and pettinesses.
pinprick	Small puncture (as if made by a pin. For the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pinprick.
puny	(used especially of persons) of inferior size. The army was reduced to a puny 100 000 men.
puzzle	A jigsaw puzzle. A book with picture puzzles.
rarefied	Distant from the lives and concerns of ordinary people; esoteric. Rarefied scholarly pursuits.
recondite	Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge. The book is full of recondite information.
reducible	Capable of being reduced- Edmund Wilson. Shakespeare s major soliloquies are not reducible to categories.
secretive	Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information. A secretive smile.
shrinkage	An allowance made for reduction in the takings of a business due to wastage or theft. The material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage.
shrinking	The act of becoming less. The shrinking market has provoked a massive price war.
slight	Small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a’) at least some. There s a slight chance it will work.
small	Small items of clothing especially underwear. A still small voice.
tiny	A very young child. A tiny hummingbird.
trifling	The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working. A trifling sum.
trivia	Something of small importance. We fill our days with meaningless trivia.
undersized	Of less than the usual size. The undersized cubs may not survive the winter.