senior, fourth-year
(adjective) used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; âthe senior promâ
aged, elderly, older, senior
(adjective) advanced in years; (âagedâ is pronounced as two syllables); âaged members of the societyâ; âelderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraperâ; âsenior citizenâ
senior
(adjective) older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; âsenior officerâ
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
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.
• (older): geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also elderly
• junior
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.]
• junior
• Nerios, Serino, irones, nories, nosier, rosein, seroin
Senior
A surname.
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., âthe father of the brideâ instead of âthe brideâs fatherâ
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
