English
junior
see also: Junior
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈdʒuːnɪə/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈdʒunjəɹ/, /ˈdʒunjɚ/
Adjective

junior (not comparable)

  1. (comparable) low#Adjective|Low in rank#Noun|rank; having a subordinate#Adjective|subordinate role, job, or situation.
  2. (not comparable, often, preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
  3. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
    • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici
      Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]
  4. (not comparable, chiefly, US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
Related terms Translations Noun

junior (plural juniors)

  1. A younger person.
    four years his junior
    • 1922, Angela Brazil, Monitress Merle
      Miss Mitchell would certainly be most relieved to have a monitress who was capable of organising the juniors at games.
    • 1939 P. G. Wodehouse, "Uncle Fred in the Springtime":
      The last man I met who was at school with me, though some years my junior, had a long white beard and no teeth.
  2. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
  3. (chiefly, US) A third-year student at a high school or university.
  4. (legal) A junior barrister.
Antonyms Translations
  • Russian: мла́дший
Junior
Proper noun
  1. A town in West Virginia.
  2. A male given name.


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