senior

Adj

1. Older.
2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
3. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
4. (Canada, US) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.

Noun

1. (US) 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. (Philippines, US) A final-year student at a high school or university; a finalist.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsinjɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: senior

In summary

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.

Synonyms

elder

superior

older

older person

chief

eldest

aged

senior citizen

head

main

elderly

old

🧓

old-timer

supreme

higher

leader

graduate

🎓

ascendant

super

fourth-year

old person

upper

top

🔝

veteran

oldest

central

dominant

high-ranking

seniority

premier

principal

high grade

advanced level

premium

overwhelming

above

surface

high

classy

grown-up

authority

great

old timer

former

boss

adult

🧑

elderly person

master

manager

biggest

Translations

supérieur

aîné

Senior

👨‍👦

ancien

🧓

älter

anziano

mayor

superiore

maggiore

superior

senior

Älterer

superieur

starszy

Vorgesetzter

Sentences

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

It is the senior campus of Sydney Secondary College .