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English adjective: senior | |||
| 1. | senior older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service | ||
| Samples | Senior officer. | ||
| Similar | elder, higher-ranking, major, older, precedential, ranking, sr., superior | ||
| See also | old | ||
| Attribute | higher rank, higher status, senior status, seniority | ||
| Antonyms | junior | ||
| 2. | senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college | ||
| Samples | The senior prom. | ||
| Synonyms | fourth-year | ||
| Similar | last | ||
| Antonyms | first | ||
| 3. | senior advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | ||
| Samples | Aged members of the society. Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper. Senior citizen. | ||
| Synonyms | aged, elderly, older | ||
| Similar | old | ||
| Antonyms | young, immature | ||
English noun: senior | |||
| 1. | senior (person) an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undergrad, undergraduate | ||
| 2. | senior (person) a person who is older than you are | ||
| Synonyms | elder | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult, grownup | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dean, doyen, doyenne | ||
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