senior

Meaning

Adj

1. Older; superior
2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office.
3. Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Noun

1. An old person.
2. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
3. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
4. (obsolete) An elder or presbyter in the early Church.
5. Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
6. A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.

Concepts

senior

elder

superior

older

older person

chief

head

eldest

aged

senior citizen

main

elderly

supreme

old-timer

old

above

ascendant

dominant

overwhelming

premium

super

surface

top

upper

central

principal

veteran

advanced level

high grade

seniority

graduate

oldest

fourth-year

leader

premier

old person

high-ranking

higher

worldly

classy

crested

posh

sophisticated

leading

old timer

one’s superior

older graduate

progenitor

elderly people

higher ranker

elderly person

adult

grown-up

person of mature age

high level

high ranking

dean

doyen

person of higher rank

upper-level

higher-up

master

director

manager

supervisor

final-year student

graduating student

sire

aged person

elderly man

biggest

authority

prince

better

bigger

larger

presbyter

school leaver

major

parent

sr.

high-level

top-level

high

sophomore

political leader

Russian

the elder

grandsire

wrinklie

genarian

important

pioneer

precursor

predecessors

boss

higher rank

SR

former

big

great

large

Hyphenated as

se‧nior

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsinjɚ/

Etymology

From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, signore, sir, and sire.

Sentences

Costs , not unlike the senior series , were getting out of control .