senior
Syllables: se·niorUK/ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)//ˈsinjɚ/
senior adjective: older.
Adjective
senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)
- Older.
- senior citizen
- Synonyms:
- geriatric
- Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
- senior member; senior counsel
- Synonyms:
- elder
- Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
- senior hockey
- Synonym of elder.
- It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- elder
Noun
senior (plural seniors)
- An old person.
- Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘Question!’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 77
- Synonyms:
- senior citizen, ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger, crinkly, eld, elder, elderly
- Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
- He was four years her senior.
- Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
- An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
- Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts :[8], folio clviij, recto
- Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
- Synonyms:
- elder
- A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.
Proper noun capitalized: Senior
Senior
- A surname.
senior meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
senior in Hindi
- older
- वरिष्ठ variṣṭh
- higher in rank
- वरिष्ठ variṣṭh
- someone older than someone else
- वरिष्ठ variṣṭh
senior in Tamil
- முதுமுறைஞர், முதுநிலை, மூத்தவர், வயோதிகர்
senior in Marathi
- higher in rank
- वरिष्ठ variṣṭha
senior in Urdu
- senior; elderly person
- بزرگ buzurg
- senior
- کبیر kabīr
More languagesFewer languages
- senior in Bengali
- অগ্রজ ogroj, উচ্চ ucco
- senior in Telugu
- పెద్ద pedda
- senior in Malayalam
- മുതിർന്ന mutiṟnna
- senior in Kannada
- ಹಿರಿಯ hiriya
- senior in Punjabi
- ਸੀਨੀਅਰ
- senior in Gujarati
- વડીલ vaḍīl
- senior in Odia
- ବରିଷ୍ଠ
- senior in Assamese
- বুঢ়া burha, বুঢ়ী burhi
- senior in Nepali
- वरिष्ठ, सिनियर
- senior in Tagalog
- kuya, ate, higtaunan
- senior in Thai
- รุ่นพี่ rûn-pîi
- senior in Vietnamese
- tiền bối, đàn anh
Examples of senior in a sentence
- A decapitation strike carried out by drone killed many of the country's senior generals.
- We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.
- She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.
Synonyms of senior
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Antonyms
Forms of senior
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more senior |
| superlative | most senior |
| alternative form (obsolete) | seniour |
| Noun | |
| plural | seniors |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Sinyard |
Origin of senior
From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
Words formed from senior
- Senior-Løken syndrome
- nonsenior
- senior bond
- senior captain
- senior chief petty officer
- senior chief warrant officer
- senior college
- senior colonel
- Senior Counsel
- senior high
- senior higher
- senior high school
- seniorhood
- senior hurling
- senior infant
- senioritis
- seniority
- seniorize
- senior lecturer
- seniorlike
- seniorly
- senior moment
- seniormost
- seniorness
- senior note
- senior patrol leader
- seniorpreneur
- senior researcher
- senior school
- seniorship
- senior ship of the line captain
- senior ship-of-the-line captain
- senior slide
- senior status
- senior synonym
- senior theater
- senior vice president
- senior warrant officer
- subsenior
- supersenior
Phrases with senior
Questions about senior
- What does senior mean?
- Senior means older.
- What is senior in Hindi?
- Senior in Hindi is वरिष्ठ (variṣṭh). See Senior meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is senior?
- Senior can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce senior?
- Senior is pronounced /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/ (UK).
Words near senior in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: senior (page history and authors); Senior (page history and authors); senior (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); بزرگ (Urdu) (page history and authors); অগ্রজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); పెద్ద (Telugu) (page history and authors); മുതിർന്ന (Malayalam) (page history and authors); senior (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); વડીલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); senior (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); বুঢ়া (Assamese) (page history and authors); senior (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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