What does senior mean?
Definitions for senior
ˈsin yərse·nior
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word senior.
Princeton's WordNet
senior(noun)
an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
elder, senior(adj)
a person who is older than you are
senior(adj)
older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
"senior officer"
senior(a), fourth-year(adj)
used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
"the senior prom"
aged, elderly, older, senior(adj)
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
senior(Noun)
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Noun)
An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Noun)
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
He was four years her senior.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Noun)
A final-year student at a high school or university.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Adjective)
Older; superior
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Adjective)
Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
senior(Adjective)
of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Etymology: From senior, comparative form of senex; see senate.
Webster Dictionary
Senior(adj)
more advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Senior(adj)
belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Senior(noun)
a person who is older than another; one more advanced in life
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Senior(noun)
one older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Senior(noun)
an aged person; an older
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Senior(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1210
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2195
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'senior' in Adjectives Frequency: #150
Anagrams for senior »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of senior in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of senior in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of senior in a Sentence
The banks are still cheap, the chance of losing money on a 10-year senior bond is minuscule.
I am encouraged by the commitment from DraftKings’ senior management to provide our team with full access and transparency.
Junior or middle cadre employees should never complain, either orally or in written form, about their irrational & illogical senior unless and until it is acceptable to see the private company's boss further elevate him to even more higher position with bigger power than ever before. The owner has selected that senior guy for that job merely to make others work under undue pressure and unnecessary stress situation only.
That's probably the most upsetting part, not having my senior season.
My mother had been queuing for two years for a space in a senior care home in Hong Kong, and she only waited two months before getting a space here.
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