English adjective: junior | |||
1. | junior younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service | ||
Similar | jr., junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, minor, petty, secondary, subaltern, younger | ||
See also | immature, subordinate, young | ||
Attribute | higher rank, higher status, senior status, seniority | ||
Antonyms | senior | ||
2. | junior used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college | ||
Samples | The junior class. A third-year student. | ||
Synonyms | next-to-last, third-year | ||
Similar | intermediate | ||
Antonyms | terminal | ||
3. | junior including or intended for youthful persons | ||
Samples | A junior sports league. Junior fashions. | ||
Similar | immature, young | ||
Antonyms | old | ||
English noun: junior | |||
1. | junior (person) term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male | ||
Samples | Look here, junior, it's none of your business. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart | ||
2. | junior (person) a third-year undergraduate | ||
Broader (hypernym) | lowerclassman, underclassman | ||
3. | junior (person) the younger of two persons | ||
Samples | She is two years my junior. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
4. | Junior (person) a son who has the same first name as his father | ||
Synonyms | Jnr, Jr | ||
Broader (hypernym) | boy, son | ||