junior, third-year, next-to-last
(adjective) used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; “the junior class”; “a third-year student”
junior
(adjective) including or intended for youthful persons; “a junior sports league”; “junior fashions”
junior
(adjective) younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
junior
(noun) the younger of two persons; “she is two years my junior”
junior
(noun) a third-year undergraduate
Junior, Jr, Jnr
(noun) a son who has the same first name as his father
junior
(noun) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; “look here, junior, it’s none of your business”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
junior (not generally comparable, comparative more junior, superlative most junior)
(comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
(not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
(not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
(not comparable, chiefly, US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
junior (plural juniors)
A younger person.
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr, Jr, Jun.).
(chiefly, US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
(legal) A junior barrister.
• senior
Junior
A town in West Virginia.
A male given name.
Source: Wiktionary
Jun"ior, a. Etym: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]
1. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
Note: Junior is applied to distinguish the younger of two persons bearing the same name in the same family, and is opposed to senior or elder. Commonly applied to a son who has the same Christian name as his father.
2. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
3. Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
4. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Our first studies and junior endeavors. Sir T. Browne.
Jun"ior, n.
1. A younger person. His junior she, by thirty years. Byron.
2. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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