All minority synonyms
mi·nor·i·ty
M m noun minority
- opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- youth — the condition of being young.
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- immaturity — a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.
- childhood — A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- youthfulness — characterized by youth; young.
- pubescence — arriving or arrived at puberty.
- nonage — the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- faction — a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- subgroup — a subordinate group; a division of a group.
- sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- component — The components of something are the parts that it is made of.
- element — A part or aspect of something abstract, especially one that is essential or characteristic.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- pupilage — the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.
adjective minority
- underground — beneath the surface of the ground: traveling underground by subway.
- marginal — pertaining to a margin.
- sectional — pertaining or limited to a particular section; local or regional: sectional politics.
- pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- smaller — of limited size; of comparatively restricted dimensions; not big; little: a small box.
- lesser — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- alternative — If one thing is an alternative to another, the first can be found, used, or done instead of the second.