SENIOR

senior, fourth-year

(adjective) used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; “the senior prom”

aged, elderly, older, senior

(adjective) advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables); “aged members of the society”; “elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper”; “senior citizen”

senior

(adjective) older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; “senior officer”

elder, senior

(noun) a person who is older than you are

senior

(noun) an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)

Older; superior

Higher in rank, dignity, or office.

(US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Synonyms

• (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also elderly

Antonyms

• junior

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

(mostly, US) An old person.

Synonyms: senior citizen, Thesaurus:old person

Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]

Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete, Biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]

Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.

(US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• junior

Anagrams

• Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin

Proper noun

Senior

A surname.

Anagrams

• Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin

Source: Wiktionary


Sen"ior, a. Etym: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]

1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools.

Sen"ior, n.

1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life.

2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade.

3. An aged person; an older. Dryden. Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson.

4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called senior sophister; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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