Synonyms for minority
mɪˈnɔr ɪ ti, -ˈnɒr-, maɪ-mi·nor·i·ty

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1. minoritynoun

   Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.

   Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.

   Antonyms:
   majority

2. minoritynoun

   Youth; period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood.

   Synonyms:
   childhood

   Antonyms:
   adulthood

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1. minoritynoun

   a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group of which it is a part

   Synonyms:
   nonage

   Antonyms:
   legal age, majority, bulk

2. minoritynoun

   being or relating to the smaller in number of two parts

   "when the vote was taken they were in the minority"; "he held a minority position"

   Synonyms:
   nonage

   Antonyms:
   majority, bulk, legal age

3. minority, nonagenoun

   any age prior to the legal age

   Synonyms:
   nonage

   Antonyms:
   majority, legal age, bulk

Matched Categories

1. • Number
   • Social Group

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. out-group

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. minoritynoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, pupilage

2. minoritynoun

   Synonyms:
   smaller number

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1. minoritynoun

   Synonyms:
   nonage, pupilage

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1. List of paraphrases for "minority":

   minorities

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1. Michael Hsu:

   Discrimination and bias in Chase Home LendingBeyond appraisals contribute to inequity in housing values and adversely affect a critical source of wealth accumulation for minority families, the impact is large and can not be ignored.

2. Benjamin Weinthal:

   The number of Christians in Iran is estimated at between 200,000 and 500,000, out of an overall population of nearly 78 million. Although the Islamic Republic’s constitution guarantees on paper that Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism are protected religions, the application of Sharia Law — or Islamic Law — relegates the members of the minority religions to second class citizens. The historical term for a subjugated non-Muslim religious minority member living in an Islamic society is dhimmi. In response to multiple FoxNews.com media queries about the convicted Iranian Christians, Hamid Babaei, head of the press office in the Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York, declined to comment. Saba Farzan said the latest crackdown is further affirmation that the current talks between the U.S. and Iran on lifting economic sanctions in exchange for guarantees Iran won't pursue nuclear weapons can not proceed in good faith. They never made sense and never will, Saba Farzan said. The West can't discuss arms control with a leadership that oppresses religious minorities and human rights activists.

3. Nikki Haley:

   If America was racist, I wouldn’t have been elected the first female minority governor in the country. America is not racist, America is blessed, and America deserves our love, and the reason I’ve been across this country fighting for these candidates is because we need people who love America. We need people who are going to fight for America, we need people who are going to turn this ship around, and I’m telling you this is bigger than an election. On Tuesday, this is when we start to right the ship.

4. President Barack Obama:

   The people who tend not to vote are young, they're lower income, they're skewed more heavily towards immigrant groups and minority groups, there's a reason why some folks try to keep them away from the polls.

5. Christer Fallman:

   We have the same activities, we live the same life and we love in the same way, the only thing that is different is that a small minority of people who are gay can get together to find security when they are aging.