seniority
Syllables: se·nior·i·ty/siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/US/sinˈjɔɹɪti/
seniority noun: a measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
Noun
seniority (countable and uncountable, plural seniorities)
- A measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
- It's an old-fashioned company, with parking spaces and other perks doled out on the basis of seniority.
- Synonyms:
- anciennity, eldership
seniority meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seniority in Hindi
- time
- वरिष्ठता variṣṭhatā
seniority in Tamil
- பணி மூப்பு, மூத்த நிலை, மூப்புரிமை
seniority in Marathi
- ज्येष्ठत्व, ज्येष्ठता
seniority in Urdu
- seniority
- بڑائی baṛāī
More languagesFewer languages
- seniority in Bengali
- জ্যেষ্ঠতা, অভিজ্ঞতার ভিত্তিতে উচ্চতর পদমর্যাদা
- seniority in Telugu
- సీనియారిటీ
- seniority in Malayalam
- മൂപ്പ്, താരതമ്യേനയുള്ള സ്ഥാനവലിപ്പം, പദവി, ഉന്നതസ്ഥാനം
- seniority in Kannada
- ಹಿರಿತನ, ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠತೆ, ಸೀನಿಯಾರಿಟಿ
- seniority in Punjabi
- ਸੀਨੀਅਰਤਾ
- seniority in Gujarati
- વરિષ્ઠતા, જ્યેષ્ઠતા
- seniority in Odia
- ବରିଷ୍ଠତା, ବରିଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱ
- seniority in Nepali
- वरिष्ठता, ज्येष्ठता
- seniority in Indonesian
- senioritas
- seniority in Vietnamese
- thâm niên
Examples of seniority in a sentence
- He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees.
- In the past, trainmasters were promoted brakemen or conductors who retained their union seniority.
- The question of seniority will be discussed at the meeting.
Synonyms of seniority
- anciennity
- eldership
Forms of seniority
| plural | seniorities |
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Origin of seniority
From Middle English senyoryte, from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (“elder”).
Words that rhyme with seniority
Questions about seniority
- What does seniority mean?
- Seniority means a measure of the amount of time a person has been a member of an organization, as compared to other members, and with an eye towards awarding privileges to those who have been members longer.
- What is seniority in Hindi?
- Seniority in Hindi is वरिष्ठता (variṣṭhatā). See Seniority meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seniority?
- Seniority is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seniority?
- Seniority is pronounced /siːnɪˈɒɹɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of seniority?
- The plural of seniority is seniorities.
Words near seniority in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seniority (page history and authors); seniority (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seniority (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); بڑائی (Urdu) (page history and authors); seniority (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seniority (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seniority (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); seniority (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seniority (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seniority (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seniority (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seniority (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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