Synonyms for senior
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : seen-yer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsin yər |
Top 10 synonyms for senior Other synonyms for the word senior
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for senior
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