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.

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

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..

   Etymology: [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

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

2. junior(Noun)

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

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

3. junior(Noun)

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

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

4. junior(Adjective)

   Younger.

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

5. junior(Adjective)

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

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

6. junior(Adjective)

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

   Etymology: 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

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

2. Junior(adj)

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

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

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

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

4. Junior(noun)

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

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

5. Junior(noun)

   a younger person

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

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

   Etymology: [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. Kurt Vonnegut:

   I was taught in the sixth grade that we had a standing army of just over a hundred thousand men and that the generals had nothing to say about what was done in Washington. I was taught to be proud of that and to pity Europe for having more than a million men under arms and spending all their money on airplanes and tanks. I simply never unlearned junior civics. I still believe in it. I got a very good grade.

2. Michelle Starkey:

   I know Tasha has been wanting to go to prom even last year when she was a junior and at home, and she wasn’t nearly this sick.

3. Jonny Kim:

   You should never think you're too good to do a job. And I think you should be like that in everything you do. 'Be a forever new guy' is what I try to emulate, and I don't mean as in you shouldn't step up to the role and be a leader and delegate appropriately, but never think that you are above taking out the trash or that you're above not respecting the secretary or the lowest junior enlisted.

4. Paul Gaumer:

   The positioning is very different because we work with beginners to bring them to a junior-developer level.

5. Richard Cherry LaBourene:

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

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