minor mode

Questions about minor mode

What is another word for minor mode?

It depends which minor mode you mean. In the sense “a key based on the minor scale”, the synonyms are minor key. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of minor mode?

WordNet records no antonym for minor mode. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for minor mode come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of minor mode

• Full entry for minor modeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for minor modeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.