| Minority 1. (n.) The smaller group in number; -- opposed to majority; as, the minority must be ruled by the majority. 2. (a. & n.) The state of being a minor, or under age. 3. (a. & n.) State of being less or small. Thesaurus Entries back seat, callowness, dewiness, disability, disablement, disqualification, freshness, greenness, humbleness, humility, imbecility, immaturity, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inefficiency, ineptitude, inexperience, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, juiciness, juniority, least, legal incapacity, lowliness, minority group, nonage, rawness, sappiness, second fiddle, second string, secondariness, servility, subjection, subordinacy, subordination, subservience, the few, the minority, third string, undevelopment, unfitness, unripeness, wardship, we happy few |