senior
/ˈsinjɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
American usage
adj
Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
Example Sentences
- "senior citizen"
- "senior member; senior counsel"
- "senior hockey"
- "It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand."
- "Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor."
- "He was four years her senior."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: senior
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsinjɚ/
- British English: /ˈsiːnjə(ɹ)/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more senior (comparative)
most senior (superlative)
seniour (alternative, obsolete)
seniors (plural)
Sinyard (alternative)