Minister, n. Delegate, official, ambassador; clergyman, priest, parson, ecclesiastic, preacher, divine, vicar, curate; envoy.

Ant. Monarch, master, superior, principal; layman; government.

Minor, a. Inferior, less important, smaller, less, junior, unimportant, younger.

Ant. Major, greater, older, senior, elder, main, important.

Minute. Small, tiny, slender, diminutive, slight, little; precise, particular, detailed, critical, circumstantial, exact, fine, comminuted, specific; inconsiderable; microscopic.

Ant. Monstrous, great, enormous, grand, huge; general, abstract, broad, comprehensive; inexact, superficial.

Miraculous. Supernatural, super-physical; wonderful, awesome.

Ant. Natural, ordinary, scientific.

Mis-. A prefix used in the sense of amiss, wrong, ill. Words to which this prefix but adds this meaning are omitted here, and their synonyms and antonyms may usually be readily found by reference to the root words.

Misanthropy. Cynicism, hatred, egoism.