Definition of junior Junior
/ʤuˈnjɚ/ - [junyer] - jun•ior
We found 25 definitions of junior from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: juniors |
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| junior - the younger of two persons; "she is two years my junior" | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| junior - a third-year undergraduate | ||
| lowerclassman, underclassman an undergraduate who is not yet a senior | ||
| junior - a son who has the same first name as his father | ||
| Jr, Jnr | ||
| junior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" | ||
Adjectivejunior, juniorer, juniorest |
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| junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service | ||
| senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" | ||
| immature, young not yet mature | ||
| subordinate lower in rank or importance | ||
| higher rank, higher status, senior status, seniority higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service | ||
| junior-grade, lower-ranking, subaltern, petty, lowly, secondary inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" | ||
| minor limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country" | ||
| junior - used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" | ||
| third-year, next-to-last | ||
| junior - including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- junior (Noun)
A younger person. - junior (Noun)
A third-year student at a high school or university. - junior (Noun)
A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name. Abbreviation: Jr.. - junior (Adjective)
Younger. - junior (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school eleventh grade or university. - junior (Adjective)
Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation. - junior (Adjective)
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- junior (a.)
Less advanced in age than another; younger. - junior (a.)
Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain. - junior (a.)
Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2. - junior (n.)
Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. - junior (n.)
A younger person. - junior (n.)
Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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junior
The younger of two persons. -
junior
A name suffix used after a child's name when his parent has the same name.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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junior
jōōn′yur, adj. younger: less advanced.—n. one younger or less advanced.—ns. Junior′ity, Jun′iorship; Jun′ior-right, borough-English (q.v.).—Junior optime, a third-class honours man at Cambridge, next to Wranglers and Senior Optimes; Junior soph, an undergraduate of the second year at Cambridge. [Contr. of L. juvenior, younger—juvenis, young.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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junior
One having a lower rank. When the grade is the same, the one having the more recent commission or warrant.
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🔤- junior, noun, singular of juniors.
- junior, adjective.
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