Definitions for junior
ˈdʒun yərju·nior

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. junior(noun)

   term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

   "look here, junior, it's none of your business"

2. junior(noun)

   a third-year undergraduate

3. junior(noun)

   the younger of two persons

   "she is two years my junior"

4. Junior, Jr, Jnr(adj)

   a son who has the same first name as his father

5. junior(adj)

   younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

6. junior(a), third-year, next-to-last(adj)

   used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

   "the junior class"; "a third-year student"

7. junior(adj)

   including or intended for youthful persons

   "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"

GCIDE(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Junior(a.)

   Less advanced in age than another; younger. Abbreviated Jr.

2. Junior(a.)

   of or relating to the third year of a four-year term; -- used of the third or next to final year in a U. S. high school or college. See junior, n..

Origin: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. junior(Noun)

   A younger person.

   four years his junior

2. junior(Noun)

   A third-year student at a high school or university.

3. junior(Noun)

   A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.

4. junior(Adjective)

   Younger.

5. junior(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.

6. junior(Adjective)

   Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

Origin: From junior, contr. of juvenior, compar. of iuvenis; see juvenile.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Junior(adj)

   less advanced in age than another; younger

2. Junior(adj)

   lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain

3. Junior(adj)

   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. Junior(noun)

   belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life

5. Junior(noun)

   a younger person

6. Junior(noun)

   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

Origin: [L. contr. fr. juvenior, compar. of juvenis young. See Juvenile.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Junior

   jōōn′yur, adj. younger: less advanced.—n. one younger or less advanced.—ns. Junior′ity, Jun′iorship; Jun′ior-right, borough-English (q.v.).—Junior optime, a third-class honours man at Cambridge, next to Wranglers and Senior Optimes; Junior soph, an undergraduate of the second year at Cambridge. [Contr. of L. juvenior, younger—juvenis, young.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. junior

   One having a lower rank. When the grade is the same, the one having the more recent commission or warrant.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3512

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4465

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'junior' in Adjectives Frequency: #474

How to pronounce junior?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of junior in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of junior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of junior in a Sentence

1. Billy Madison:

   Billy T-T-T-T-Today, Junior

2. Reverend Downs:

   Tell him I want to see him at junior church.

3. Richard Cherry LaBourene:

   I hear you are going to protect me, my junior secret service agent. I love it.

4. Christina Schwarzenegger:

   In our junior and senior year of college, I pretty much used it very frequently.

5. Chung Sun-sup:

   The promotion of young executives should pave the way for the future of the junior Chung.

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