What does senior mean?

Definitions for senior
ˈsin yərse·nior

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word senior.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. seniornoun

    an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

  2. elder, senioradjective

    a person who is older than you are

  3. senioradjective

    older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

    "senior officer"

  4. senior(a), fourth-yearadjective

    used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college

    "the senior prom"

  5. aged, elderly, older, senioradjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. seniornoun

    Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

  2. seniornoun

    An elder or presbyter in the early Church.

  3. seniornoun

    Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

    He was four years her senior.

  4. seniornoun

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

  5. senioradjective

    Older; superior

  6. senioradjective

    Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.

  7. senioradjective

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

  8. Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SENIORnoun

    Etymology: senior, Latin.

    How can you admit your seniors to the examination or allowing of them, not only being inferior in office and calling, but in gifts also? John Whitgift.

    A senior of the place replies,
    Well read, and curious of antiquities. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. senior

    A senior generally refers to an individual who is at a higher position, more advanced stage, or older age than others. This term can be used in various contexts such as to denote an older person (usually over the age of 65 in societal terms); someone in the last year of high school or college; or someone who is more experienced in a professional context. In a familial context, it can also refer to the older or eldest member.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Senioradjective

    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. Senioradjective

    belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools

  3. Seniornoun

    a person who is older than another; one more advanced in life

  4. Seniornoun

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

  5. Seniornoun

    an aged person; an older

  6. Seniornoun

    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

  7. Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Senior

    sēn′yor, adj. elder: older in office.—n. one older than another, the elder of two persons in one family bearing the same name: one older in office: an aged person: one of the older fellows of a college, a student in the fourth year of the curriculum.—v.i. Sē′niorise, to lord it over.—n. Sēnior′ity, priority of birth, or of service: a body of seniors—also Sē′niory (Shak.). [L., comp. of senex.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SENIOR

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Senior is ranked #8518 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Senior surname appeared 3,864 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Senior.

    53.7% or 2,077 total occurrences were White.
    36.1% or 1,398 total occurrences were Black.
    7.5% or 291 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.1% or 83 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.2% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.1% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1210

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2195

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Adjectives Frequency: #150

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Anagrams for senior »

  1. rosine

  2. soneri

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of senior in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of senior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of senior in a Sentence

  1. James Anderson:

    The fact that she will be delivering this message as the senior U.S. official in Munich is unlikely to carry any extra weight, however, she is relatively unknown among allied leaders and diplomats who will gather in Munich.

  2. Edward Beck:

    He had a senior office in the archdiocese, which is why he was seen as liable.

  3. Kim Jong Il:

    We believe we can resume suspended senior-level talks and hold other talks on specific issues if South Korea sincerely has a position that it wants to improve North-South relations through a dialogue, and there is no reason not to hold the highest-level talks if the atmosphere and conditions are met.

  4. Katarina Johnson-Thompson:

    I've been tearing my brains out these last couple of weeks thinking I could get the world record so to come so close, I'm disappointed, i'm feeling very emotional. Obviously, I'm happy to come away with my first senior championship gold, I've never done that before, so I've got to take the positives.

  5. William Lincoln:

    These four ringleaders and organizers, although senior in years, brought with them a great deal of experience in planning and executing sophisticated and serious acquisitive crime not dissimilar to this, two of these men had also been involved in some of the biggest acquisitive crimes of the last century, and the other two had for many years in their earlier lives been involved in serious theft.

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