Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

junior high schooler

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables: ju-nior high- school-er
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Some San Diego County junior high schoolers, particularly girls, had little sympathy for the former basketball great."
"Act your age. I'm perfectly willing to walk a junior high schooler through the differences between reporters, columnists and editors. But I'm likely to show my impatience with a college student who doesn't know the difference between fact and opinion."
"Overall, the story of junior high schoolers and middle schoolers in America offers up a perfect illustration of what social scientists call a “self-fulfilling prophecy effect”: Adults regarded the youngest teens and tweens with distrust and distaste, and the kids gave them their worst."

Etymology

From junior high school + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: junior high school

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

junior high schoolers (plural) junior high-schooler (alternative) junior highschooler (alternative) junior-high schooler (alternative) junior-high-schooler (alternative)

Phrases

high schooler

Frequently Paired Words

high schooler

Synonyms

junior higher

Questions

What does junior high schooler mean?: A student at a school that includes grades 6, 7 and 8; a preadolescent.
Where does junior high schooler come from?: From junior high school + -er.

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