Senior

Adjective

 * 1) Older; superior
 * 2) Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
 * 3) of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school or university.

Antonyms

 * junior

Related terms

 * senile
 * senate
 * sir

Noun

 * 1) an older person
 * four years her senior
 * 1) a final-year student at a high school or university.

Antonyms

 * junior

Derived terms

 * senior school

Related terms

 * seniority

Thesaurus
A per se, absolute, ace, ancient, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, better, boss, brass hat, cadet, champion, chief, ci-devant, clothed with authority, commander, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling, dean, dominant, doyen, doyenne, duly constituted, earlier, early, elder, eldest, eminent, empowered, ex officio, father, first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, former, freshman, fugleman, genius, golden-ager, governing, great, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high priest, higher-up, imperative, important, important person, influential, junior, kingfish, kingpin, laureate, leader, leading, major, master, midshipman, mighty, momentous, monocratic, nonpareil, official, old-timer, older, oldest, paragon, personage, plebe, potent, powerful, preceding, precurrent, preeminent, preexistent, prestigious, previous, prime, primogenitary, principal, prior, prodigy, prominent, puissant, ranking, ruler, ruling, senior citizen, sire, soph, sophomore, star, substantial, superior, superman, superstar, supreme, the greatest, the most, top dog, totalitarian, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman, virtuoso, weighty

Etymology
< senior:, comparative form of senex:; see senate.

Adjective

 * Polish: starszy

Noun

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 * Polish: starszy
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * nosier

Adjective

 * 1) older

Noun

 * 1) lord

Etymology
From senior:

Adjective

 * 1) older, elder; rather old

Antonyms

 * iunior

Related terms

 * senātus
 * senex

Descendants

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