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

The letter outlines steps House Democrats took in this Congress as the minority party to push back on Republicans and touts the bipartisan housing bill and successful discharge petitions to force a vote on legislation as Democratic wins. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

Fourteen months later, the buyer returned for a neighboring property, paying another $86 million to Ralph and Shelly Stayer, minority owners of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball franchise. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026

The Lone Star State, for example, has been a majority-minority state for a while, and that demography had previously given Democrats false hope. — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

In the last local elections in 2021, the ANC won less than 50% of the vote for the first time since the apartheid system of white minority rule ended in 1994. — ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026