junior

Meaning of junior

adjective
  1. for or denoting young or younger people.
    junior tennis
  2. low or lower in rank or status.
    a junior minister
    part of my function is to supervise those junior to me
noun
  1. a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
    he's five years her junior
  2. a person with low rank or status compared with others.
    an office junior

Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.

Information about junior

Hyphenation of junior

ju-nior

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • junior is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

junior synonyms

Meaning Junior:

Junior, Jr, Jnr

Meaning having lived or existed for only a short time:

younger, youngest

Meaning lower in rank or position:

subordinate

Meaning at, to, or from a lower level or position:

sub-

Meaning lower in rank or quality:

lesser

Meaning less high in status or amount:

lower

Meaning (following a surname in public schools) indicating the younger of two brothers:

minor

Meaning coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary:

secondary

Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:

inferior

Meaning extending or directly underneath:

beneath

Meaning extending or directly below:

under

junior antonyms

Meaning of or for older or more experienced people:

senior

Meaning having lived for a long time; no longer young:

older

Translation of junior

Words that rhyme with junior

Senior, senior, Seignior, Signior, seignior, signior, Junior, prejunior, subjunior

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