Senior

/ˈsinjɚ/ · adjective

Meaning

Older..

Definitions by Sense

1. Older.
2. Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
3. (US) Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
4. (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
5. (card games) Synonym of elder.
6. (now chiefly US) An old person.
7. Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
8. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

Example Sentences

senior citizen

senior member; senior counsel

senior hockey

1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.

Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.

He was four years her senior.

Then Peter full of the holy gooſt ſayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people / and ſeniours of iſrahel[…].

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Word Forms

• more senior
• most senior
• seniour
• seniors

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