Antonyms for seniority

Grammar : Noun

Spell : seen-yawr-i-tee, -yor-

Phonetic Transcription : sinˈyɔr ɪ ti, -ˈyɒr-

Definition of seniority

Origin : "priority on office or service," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin senioritas, from Latin senior (see senior (adj.)). Meaning "state or quality of being senior" is from 1530s.

noun rank in organization due to length of service

Example sentences :

They rose and left silently in the order of their seniority.
Extract from : « The Adventurer » by Cyril M. Kornbluth

Deals in order of seniority with two of the hills on which Prague stands.
Extract from : « From a Terrace in Prague » by Lieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker

"He's not as susceptible as he looks," Rose pronounced from her vantage-point of seniority.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

Seniority on the father's side gives excess of male offspring.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

His age and seniority of settlement, also entitled him to it.
Extract from : « Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather » by Charles W. Upham

Mr. Coates, who came next in seniority, was passed over, and rightly.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

A designation conferred in 1863 on masters of fifteen years' seniority.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

The other imitated their example, coming forward according to their seniority.
Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth

But with an implied claim to rights of insight, on her own account, from seniority.
Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

In this way the seniority of her race was probably revealed.
Extract from : « Too Old for Dolls » by Anthony Mario Ludovici

Synonyms for seniority

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