junior
Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situationLow in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
» I'm a junior high school student.
Meaning
7 senses(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.
(not comparable, usually)Younger.
jünger
мла́дшийmládšij
моло́дшийmolódšyj
(not comparable, usually)Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
(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
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable, usually)Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.
(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
(not comparable, usually)Synonym of younger.
Examples
214 sentencesI'm a junior high school student.
I'm a junior in high school.
I know Tom is a junior.
Tom is a junior in college.
Tom is a high school junior.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparativeBorrowed 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| Comparative | more junior Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most junior Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- 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 antonymsWord family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
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