What are the opposite words for minor?
Minor is a term used to describe something that is lesser in importance, size, or significance. The antonyms for the word minor include major, significant, considerable, substantial, and major league. Major is often used to describe something that is of greater importance or that has a profound impact. Significant refers to something that is meaningful or noteworthy. Considerable means that it is large in size or extent. Substantial refers to something that has a solid foundation or is significant in value. Major league signifies something that is big-time, important or operates on a larger scale. By understanding these antonyms, you can get a better grasp of the different qualities of something.
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- elder
- older person
- seriously
- not humorously
- superior
- substantial
- expert
- good
- head
- large
- top
- important
- critical
- central
- special
- meaningful
- material
- serious
- arch
- bigger
- capital
- chief
- constituent
- determining
- dominant
- downtown
- egregious
- essential
- great
- main
- major
- monumental
- native
- necessary
- overriding
- palatial
- prevailing
- primary
- principal
- unequaled
- basic
- big
- cardinal
- champion
- city
- considerable
- crack
- crucial
- first
- fundamental
- giant
- heavyweight
- helpful
- indispensable
- inherent
- magnificent
- massive
- organic
- paramount
- predominant
- preeminent
- primitive
- radical
- royal
- significant
- sovereign
- staple
- stately
- supreme
- towering
- uppermost
- urgent
- vintage
- vital
- best
- all
- senior
- easily noticed; considerable
- principal, superior
- appreciable
- huge
- elementary, fundamental
- primary/prime
- most excellent
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- best, excellent
- most important, essential
- very large
- abundant, large
- component, part
- super, first-rate
- urgently important
- critical, important
- superior, controlling
- important, vital
- earliest in order
- leading
- pleasant, fine
- most important
- important, celebrated
- most important; chief
- beneficial, beneficent
- extremely large
- valuable, substantial
- basic, hereditary
- necessary, basic
- essential, important
- big, abundant
- glorious, wonderful
- principal, predominant
- important, relevant
- insignificant, small
- impressive, overwhelming
- innate, inherent
- basic, natural
- central, most important
- grand, opulent
- ruling; most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- governing, superior
- fundamental, basic
- monarchical, grand
- dominant, governing
- older or of higher rank
- somber, humorless
- telling, meaningful
- distinguished, distinctive; important in own way
- famous, illustrious
- dignified, impressive
- important, ample
- better, greater, higher; excellent
- greatest, principal
- best, most important; highest
- supreme, pre-eminent
- needing immediate attention
- serious, important
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- elder
- older person
-
seriously
- actively,
- cool it,
- deplorably,
- determinedly,
- distressingly,
- gravely,
- grievously,
- harmfully,
- in earnest,
- menacingly,
- perilously,
- precariously,
- purposefully,
- regrettably,
- straighten out,
- thoughtfully,
- threateningly,
- in all conscience,
- all joking aside,
- cut comedy,
- cut the comedy,
- for real,
- in all seriousness,
- in conscience,
- in seriousness,
- in tensely,
- with a straight face,
- with forethought,
- with sobriety,
- with straight face.
- not humorously
-
superior
- overlying,
- superhuman,
- superincumbent,
- a cut above,
- of higher rank,
- good quality,
- high caliber,
- high class,
- high-caliber,
- highcaliber,
- highclass,
- highhat,
- in solent,
- in-solent,
- more finer,
- more high and mighty,
- more high caliber,
- more high-and-mighty,
- more high-caliber,
- more highcaliber,
- more overlying,
- more preferred,
- more superincumbent,
- more upstage,
- most finer,
- most high and mighty,
- most high caliber,
- most high hat,
- most high-and-mighty,
- most high-caliber,
- most high-hat,
- most highcaliber,
- most overlying,
- most superincumbent,
- most upstage,
- most wiseguy,
- over lying,
- over-lying,
- stuck up,
- stuckup,
- super human,
- super incumbent,
- super-human,
- super-incumbent,
- un-rivalled,
- up pity,
- up stage,
- up-pity,
- up-stage,
- wiseguy.
-
substantial
- card-carrying,
- well-built,
- big-deal,
- bigdeal,
- card carrying,
- cardcarrying,
- more big deal,
- more big-deal,
- more bigdeal,
- more card carrying,
- more card-carrying,
- more cardcarrying,
- more twenty four carat,
- more well built,
- more well-built,
- more wellbuilt,
- most big deal,
- most big-deal,
- most bigdeal,
- most card carrying,
- most card-carrying,
- most cardcarrying,
- most twenty four carat,
- most twenty-four-carat,
- most well built,
- most well-built,
- most wellbuilt,
- super abundant,
- super-abundant,
- sure enough,
- twenty four carat,
- twenty-four-carat,
- well built,
- well heeled,
- well off,
- wellbuilt,
- wellheeled,
- welloff.
- expert
-
good
- rad,
- recherche,
- tip-top,
- Superexcellent,
- bullier,
- bulliest,
- more recherche,
- more super eminent,
- more super excellent,
- more super-eminent,
- more supereminent,
- more tip top,
- more tip-top,
- most recherche,
- most super eminent,
- most super excellent,
- most super-eminent,
- most super-excellent,
- most supereminent,
- most tip top,
- most tip-top,
- radder,
- raddest,
- super excellent,
- super-eminent,
- super-excellent,
- up to snuff.
- head
- large
- top
- important
-
critical
- all-important,
- Exceptive,
- high-priority,
- all important,
- allimportant,
- de terminative,
- de-terminative,
- highpriority,
- more all important,
- more exceptive,
- more highpriority,
- most all important,
- most all-important,
- most allimportant,
- most exceptive,
- most high priority,
- most high-priority,
- most highpriority,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious.
-
central
- axial,
- centric,
- centroidal,
- middlemost,
- midmost,
- nuclear,
- umbilical,
- Omphalic,
- in most,
- inter mediate,
- inter-mediate,
- mid most,
- mid way,
- mid-most,
- mid-way,
- middle most,
- middle-most,
- more axial,
- more centric,
- more centroidal,
- more middlemost,
- more midmost,
- more nuclear,
- more omphalic,
- more umbilical,
- most axial,
- most centric,
- most centroidal,
- most middlemost,
- most midmost,
- most nuclear,
- most omphalic,
- most umbilical.
-
special
- de fined,
- de terminate,
- de-fined,
- de-terminate,
- ex press,
- ex-press,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- more defined,
- more designated,
- more earmarked,
- most defined,
- most designated,
- most earmarked,
- out of ordinary,
- out ordinary,
- re served,
- re-served,
- red letter,
- redletter,
- un common,
- un commoner,
- un commonest,
- un usual,
- un-common,
- un-commoner,
- un-usual.
- meaningful
- material
-
serious
- cold sober,
- feller,
- long-faced,
- smoking,
- sobering,
- unamusing,
- unhumorous,
- go for broke,
- of consequence,
- bound determined,
- de liberate,
- de-liberate,
- fellest,
- in tent,
- long faced,
- longfaced,
- more long faced,
- more long-faced,
- more longfaced,
- more resolved,
- more serious,
- more smoking,
- more sobering,
- more unamusing,
- more unhumorous,
- more unsmiling,
- most long-faced,
- most longfaced,
- most resolved,
- most smoking,
- most sobering,
- most unamusing,
- most unhumorous,
- most unsmiling,
- no joke,
- no laughing matter,
- no nonsense,
- nononsense,
- out for blood,
- re solute,
- re-solute,
- re-solved,
- strictly business,
- un amusing,
- un humorous,
- un smiling,
- un-amusing,
- un-humorous,
- un-smiling.
- arch
- bigger
-
capital
- De Luxe,
- famous,
- outstanding,
- world-class,
- five-star,
- de lightful,
- de-lightful,
- de-luxe,
- five star,
- fivestar,
- flyest,
- more five star,
- more five-star,
- more fivestar,
- more overruling,
- more prominent,
- more world class,
- more world-class,
- more worldclass,
- most famous,
- most first rate,
- most five star,
- most five-star,
- most fivestar,
- most overruling,
- most world class,
- most world-class,
- most worldclass,
- over ruling,
- over-ruling,
- top notch,
- top pest,
- under lying,
- worldclass.
- chief
- constituent
- determining
-
dominant
- overbalancing,
- overweighing,
- Over-bearing,
- more obtaining,
- more outweighing,
- more overweighing,
- more predominate,
- more surpassing,
- most obtaining,
- most outweighing,
- most overbalancing,
- most predominate,
- most surpassing,
- out weighing,
- out-weighing,
- over balancing,
- over bearing,
- over weighing,
- over-balancing,
- over-weighing,
- pre dominate,
- pre siding,
- pre-dominate,
- pre-siding,
- sur-passing.
- downtown
- egregious
-
essential
- elementary,
- necessary,
- vital,
- wanted,
- right hand,
- deep seated,
- deepseated,
- in born,
- in bred,
- in-born,
- in-bred,
- meat potatoes,
- more necessary,
- more nitty gritty,
- more nitty-gritty,
- more nittygritty,
- more right hand,
- more right-hand,
- more righthand,
- most ideal,
- most nitty gritty,
- most nitty-gritty,
- most nittygritty,
- most right hand,
- most right-hand,
- most righthand,
- name game,
- name the game,
- nitty gritty,
- nittygritty,
- nubber,
- nubbest,
- pre requisite,
- pre-requisite,
- re quired,
- re-quired,
- right-hand,
- righthand,
- substratal.
- great
- main
- major
- monumental
- native
- necessary
- overriding
- palatial
-
prevailing
- all-embracing,
- in style,
- prevailing,
- worldwide,
- all embracing,
- allembracing,
- by numbers,
- more all embracing,
- more all-embracing,
- more predominating,
- more preponderating,
- most all embracing,
- most all-embracing,
- most allembracing,
- most predominating,
- most preponderating,
- pre dominating,
- pre vailing,
- pre-dominating,
- pre-vailing,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- uni versal,
- uni-versal.
- primary
- principal
- unequaled
- basic
- big
- cardinal
- champion
- city
-
considerable
- fab,
- super-duper,
- superduper,
- to the max,
- ex tensive,
- fabber,
- fabbest,
- large scale,
- largescale,
- mondo,
- more dynamite,
- more something,
- more super duper,
- more super-duper,
- more superduper,
- most doozie,
- most mondo,
- most something,
- most super duper,
- most super-duper,
- most superduper,
- solid gold,
- something else,
- super duper,
- the max,
- to max,
- un-real.
- crack
- crucial
-
first
- first-string,
- in the beginning,
- lead off,
- Headmost,
- Primogenial,
- numero uno,
- be ginning,
- be-ginning,
- firststring,
- head most,
- head of the line,
- head the line,
- head-most,
- in augural,
- in beginning,
- in-augural,
- more ahead,
- more beginning,
- more first string,
- more first-string,
- more firststring,
- more headmost,
- more inaugural,
- more opening,
- more primogenial,
- more ranking,
- most ahead,
- most beginning,
- most first string,
- most first-string,
- most firststring,
- most headmost,
- most inaugural,
- most opening,
- most primogenial,
- most ranking,
- right front,
- right up front,
- top list,
- top of list,
- top of the list,
- top the list.
-
fundamental
- axiological,
- fundamental,
- grassroots,
- underived,
- foundational,
- bottom-line,
- bottomline,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- more axiological,
- more bottom line,
- more bottom-line,
- more bottomline,
- more foundational,
- more grass roots,
- more grass-roots,
- more grassroots,
- more meat and potatoes,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- more substrative,
- more sustaining,
- more underived,
- most axiological,
- most bottom line,
- most bottom-line,
- most bottomline,
- most foundational,
- most fundamental,
- most grass roots,
- most grass-roots,
- most grassroots,
- most meat and potatoes,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- most substrative,
- most underived,
- substrative,
- un derived,
- un-derived.
- giant
- heavyweight
- helpful
- indispensable
-
inherent
- inbuilt,
- running in the family,
- in the grain,
- built in,
- builtin,
- deep rooted,
- deeprooted,
- in built,
- in dividual,
- in grain,
- in-built,
- in-dividual,
- in-grained,
- more resident,
- more unalienable,
- most inbuilt,
- most resident,
- part parcel,
- running family,
- running in family,
- running the family,
- un alienable,
- un-alienable.
- magnificent
- massive
- organic
- paramount
- predominant
- preeminent
- primitive
- radical
- royal
- significant
- sovereign
- staple
- stately
- supreme
-
towering
- towering,
- unmeasurable,
- Towery,
- Spiring,
- skyscraping,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-ordinate,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more skyscraping,
- more spiring,
- more towery,
- more unmeasurable,
- most skyscraping,
- most spiring,
- most towery,
- most unmeasurable,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un measurable,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest,
- un-measurable.
- uppermost
-
urgent
- hurry-up,
- calledfor,
- hurryup,
- more called for,
- more called-for,
- more calledfor,
- more demanded,
- more hurry up,
- more hurry-up,
- more hurryup,
- more impelling,
- more top priority,
- more top-priority,
- most called for,
- most called-for,
- most calledfor,
- most demanded,
- most hurry up,
- most hurry-up,
- most impelling,
- most top priority,
- most toppriority,
- top priority,
- top-priority,
- toppriority.
- vintage
-
vital
- life-or-death,
- namer,
- coal and ice,
- coal-and-ice,
- life or death,
- more coal-and-ice,
- more life or death,
- more life-or-death,
- more name of the game,
- more name-of-the-game,
- more underlined,
- most coal and ice,
- most coal-and-ice,
- most life or death,
- most life-or-death,
- most name of the game,
- most underlined,
- name-of-the-game,
- under lined,
- under-lined.
-
best
- primo,
- A 1,
- first class,
- firstrate,
- firstclass,
- beyond compare,
- second to none,
- first rate,
- in comparable,
- in imitable,
- in-comparable,
- in-imitable,
- more nonpareil,
- more out of sight,
- more out-of-sight,
- more primo,
- most nonpareil,
- most out of sight,
- most out-of-sight,
- most primo,
- out standing,
- out-standing,
- sans pareil,
- second none,
- topser,
- topsest,
- un paralleled,
- un rivaled,
- un surpassed,
- un-paralleled,
- un-rivaled,
- un-surpassed.
- all
- senior
- easily noticed; considerable
- principal, superior
-
appreciable
- ascertainable,
- good-sized,
- clear cut,
- clearcut,
- de finite,
- de-finite,
- good sized,
- goodsized,
- more ascertainable,
- more good sized,
- more good-sized,
- more goodsized,
- more recognizable,
- most ascertainable,
- most good sized,
- most good-sized,
- most goodsized,
- most recognizable,
- re cognizable,
- re-cognizable.
- huge
- elementary, fundamental
- primary/prime
-
most excellent
- best.
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- best, excellent
- most important, essential
- very large
- abundant, large
- component, part
- super, first-rate
- urgently important
- critical, important
- superior, controlling
- important, vital
- earliest in order
- leading
-
pleasant, fine
- good.
- most important
- important, celebrated
- most important; chief
- beneficial, beneficent
-
extremely large
- huge.
- valuable, substantial
- basic, hereditary
- necessary, basic
-
essential, important
- key.
- big, abundant
- glorious, wonderful
-
principal, predominant
- main.
- important, relevant
-
insignificant, small
- adult,
- big,
- chief,
- consequential,
- greater,
- important,
- large,
- major,
- necessary,
- significant,
- strong,
- superior,
- useful,
- worthwhile.
- impressive, overwhelming
- innate, inherent
- basic, natural
- central, most important
- grand, opulent
- ruling; most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- governing, superior
- fundamental, basic
- monarchical, grand
- dominant, governing
- older or of higher rank
- somber, humorless
- telling, meaningful
- distinguished, distinctive; important in own way
-
famous, illustrious
- star.
- dignified, impressive
- important, ample
- better, greater, higher; excellent
- greatest, principal
-
best, most important; highest
- top.
- supreme, pre-eminent
- needing immediate attention
- serious, important
-
Other relevant words
- elder,
- old-timer,
- oldster,
- prima,
- golden ager,
- better,
- acceptable,
- adequate,
- all-important,
- basic,
- better,
- choice,
- decisive,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- dominant,
- eminent,
- essential,
- eventful,
- exceptional,
- famous,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- first-rate,
- fundamental,
- greater,
- high-grade,
- higher,
- illustrious,
- impressive,
- key,
- leading,
- limitless,
- material,
- meaningful,
- momentous,
- more,
- notorious,
- outstanding,
- overbearing,
- overriding,
- preeminent,
- premium,
- prestigious,
- prima,
- primary,
- prime,
- principal,
- prominent,
- remarkable,
- renowned,
- select,
- selected,
- senior,
- star,
- starring,
- stellar,
- sufficient,
- superordinate,
- unlimited,
- unpardonable,
- valuable,
- worthwhile,
- worthy,
- first class,
- overmastering.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
