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jr

jr is the alternative form of Jr.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: JR

JR

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Japan Railways.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of West Java: a province of Indonesia.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: JR

the JR

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of John Radcliffe Hospital; a large hospital in Oxford in the United Kingdom.
    Synonyms:
    John Radcliffe

Phrase capitalized: JR

JR

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of judgment respited.
  2. (Hong-Kong, abbreviation, informal, initialism) Initialism of judicial review.

Adjective capitalized: Jr

Jr

  1. (UK) A title used after a son's name when his father has the same name.

Synonyms of jr

Forms of jr

alternative formJr.

Origin of jr

Abbreviation of junior.

Questions about jr

What does jr mean?
Jr means a title used after a son's name when his father has the same name.
What is jr the alternative form of?
Jr is the alternative form of Jr.
What part of speech is jr?
Jr can be a proper noun, a phrase or an adjective.

Words near jr in the dictionary

  1. JQ
  2. JQed
  3. JQing
  4. JQL
  5. JQs
  6. jr
  7. Jr.
  8. jr. high
  9. jr. highs
  10. JRA
  11. JRC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jr (page history and authors); JR (page history and authors); Jr (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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