Synonyms of minority

minority

noun

mə-ˈnȯr-ə-tē 

as in adolescence

the transitional period between childhood and adulthood

a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adolescence
• majority
• youth
• infancy
• nonage
• boyhood
• prime
• manhood
• heyday
• girlhood
• womanhood
• maturity
• preadolescence
• bloom
• flush
• babyhood

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of minority

Some who don’t embrace their Spanish ancestry view those who do as part of the colonizing minority, not the colonized majority. — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026

The Wertheimer family, Chanel’s owners, also bought a minority stake in The Row, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen’s men’s and women’s clothing line, nearly two years ago. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 July 2026

Doing so would amount to an unusual assertion of power from the House minority, which historically has almost no ability to enforce any of its own investigative requests. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

At the time, the Baptists were a minority in a state that still maintained a religious establishment. — Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026