Definitions of junior [ˈdʒun yər]

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Definition of 'junior'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) junior
younger (typically designating a son named after his father; often written as Jr. following the name):
the junior Mr. Hansen; Edward Hansen, Jr.

2.  junior
of more recent election, appointment, or admission:
the junior Senator from Michigan.

3.  junior
of lower rank or standing:
a junior partner.

4.  junior
of or pertaining to juniors in school or college.

5.  junior
of later date; subsequent to.

6.  junior
composed of younger members:
the junior division.

7.  junior
being smaller than the usual size.

8. (n.) junior
a person who is younger than another.

9.  junior
a person who is newer or of lower rank, as in a profession; subordinate.

10.  junior
a student in the next to the last year at a high school, college, or university.

11.  junior
Often, juniors. a range of odd-numbered sizes, chiefly 3–15, for garments for women with short waists.

12.  junior
a garment in this size range.

13.  junior
a boy; youth; son.

Etymology: (1520–30; < L jūnior younger)

Definition of 'junior'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) junior
term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
"look here, junior, it's none of your business"

2. (noun) junior
a third-year undergraduate

3. (noun) junior
the younger of two persons
"she is two years my junior"

4. (adj) Junior, Jr, Jnr
a son who has the same first name as his father

5. (adj) junior
younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

6. (adj) junior(a), third-year, next-to-last
used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college
"the junior class"; "a third-year student"

7. (adj) junior
including or intended for youthful persons
"a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"

Definition of 'junior'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) junior
low in rank
a junior officer

2.  junior
relating to sports done by young people, not adults
a junior golf series

3.  junior
relating to the year before your final year in high school or college
my junior year in college

4.  junior
used after the name of a man who has the same name as his father
William Jackson Jr.

5. (noun) junior
a student in the year before their final year in high school or college
juniors in high school

6.  junior
in sports, players who are not adults
a tennis tournament for juniors

7.  junior
students in a school for children between the ages of 7 and 11
a new gymnasium for the juniors

Definition of 'junior'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) junior
less advanced in age than another; younger

2. (adj) junior
lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain

3. (adj) junior
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. (noun) junior
belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life

5. (noun) junior
a younger person

6. (noun) junior
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

Translation of 'junior'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a person who is) younger in years or lower in rank or authority He is two years my junior; The school sent two juniors and one senior to take part; junior pupils; He is junior to me in the firm; the junior school.
Afrikaans: junior, jongere, mindere	Arabic: شَخْص صَغير السِّن، تلميذ	Bulgarian: по-млад
Brazilian: mais novo	Czech: mladší (sourozenec, žák,	German: der/die Jüngere, der/die
Danish: yngre; underordnet	Greek: νεότερος, κατώτερος, υφισ	Spanish: menor
Estonian: noorem	Farsi: فرد کوچکتر یا کهتر	Finnish: nuorempi
French: cadet, ette, subalterne,	Hebrew: תַּלמִיד בְּשָנָה שְלִישִ	Hindi: कनिष्ठ, छोटा, उम्र में छो
Croatian: mladac, mlađi	Hungarian: fiatalabb (mint); alsós	Indonesian: yang muda
Icelandic: ungur maður; nÿliði; yngr	Italian: giovane; minore; subalter	Japanese: 年下の (人)
Korean: 연하의 사람, 신참, 지위가 낮은 사람, 하급	Lithuanian: jaunesnis, jaunesnysis	Latvian: jaunākais; pakļautais; pa
Malay: lebih muda	Dutch: jonger, jongst	Norwegian: yngre, junior-, av lavere
Polish: młod(sz)y, junior	Persian: فرد کوچکتر یا کهتر	Pashto: كشر، وړوكى: وړوكىسړى ( په
Portuguese: mais novo	Romanian: junior; subaltern; cadet	Russian: младший
Slovak: mladší (súrodenec, žiak,	Slovenian: mlajši; podrejen	Serbian: mlađi (po starosti ili hi
Swedish: [person somär] yngre; jun	Thai: คนที่อ่อนอาวุโสกว่า	Turkish: yaşça küçük, daha genç; a
Taiwanese: 較年幼者(的)，等級(或年資)較低者(的)	Ukrainian: той, що молодший	Urdu: عمر میں چھوٹا
Vietnamese: thấp hơn	Chinese: 较年幼者（的），等级或年资较低者（的）
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