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Antonyms for senior

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : seen-yer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsin yər

Definition of senior

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Latin senior "older," comparative of senex (genitive senis) "old," from PIE root *sen- "old" (see senile). Original use in English was as an addition to a personal name indicating "the father" when father and son had the same name; meaning "higher in rank, longer in service" first recorded 1510s.
  • The Latin word yielded titles of respect in many languages, cf. French sire, Spanish señor, Portuguese senhor, Italian signor. Senior citizen first recorded 1938, American English.
  • adj older or of higher rank
  • noun older person
Example sentences :
  • Two or three probationers had been sent to help cleanup, and a senior nurse.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Even Miss Grange, now reduced to second place, remonstrated with her senior.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The senior partner was regarding the rebel with grave-eyed reproach.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Also Ben Lockwood attended—Blinky's first cousin and senior.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • So unusual a state of affairs was noticed by the senior boy.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I should like to have polished off that Pierce senior as he deserves.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • A senior boy, if he does his duty, should make every boy's cause his own, and 'feel' for him.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Pierce senior set it afloat; that is, he and Mark Galloway together.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • In vain Mrs. Flipfield senior, opening her arms, exclaimed, ‘My Tom!’
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Had it not been, the senior boy might have expected punishment from the head-master.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Synonyms for senior

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