Meaning

7 senses
  1. (comparable, not comparable, usually)Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

    He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees.

  2. (not comparable, usually)Younger.

    jünger

    мла́дшийmládšij

    моло́дшийmolódšyj

  3. (not comparable, usually)Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.

  4. (US, not comparable, usually)Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.

    used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

  5. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, usually)Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.

  6. (Canada, US, not comparable, usually)Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.

    junior hockey

  7. (not comparable, usually)Synonym of younger.

Examples

214 sentences
  1. I'm a junior high school student.

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  2. I'm a junior in high school.

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  3. I know Tom is a junior.

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  4. Tom is a junior in college.

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  5. Tom is a high school junior.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative

Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.

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Forms

more junior, most junior
Comparativemore junior Lesson
Superlativemost junior Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college:third-yearnext-to-last
  • used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father:youngerjr.

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

27 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • junior high school
  • junior high
  • in junior high
  • a junior high
  • were in junior
  • is a junior
  • junior in high
  • still in junior
  • a junior in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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