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sen·ior (sēn′yər)

adjective

  1. of the greater age; older: written Sr. after the name of a father whose son has been given exactly the same name
  2. of higher rank or standing, or longer in service
  3. ☆ of or for seniors in a high school or college
  4. of or for senior citizens senior athletes, a senior center

Etymology: ME < L senior, compar. of senex, old: see senate

noun

  1. a person older than another or others
  2. a person of greater rank, standing, or length of service
  3. ☆ a student in the last year of college or the twelfth grade in high school
  4. senior citizen

senior Idioms

one's senior

a person older than oneself

senior Synonyms

senior

modif.

elder, older, higher in rank, more advanced, of greater dignity, of advanced standing, next older, next higher in rank; see also superior.

senior Synonyms

senior

n.

superior, elder, upperclassman, dean, master, oldest, first born.

senior Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • hold: A fellow of the ICSA, he previously held senior Company Secretarial, legal and corporate services positions in a number of industries.
  • appoint: Jill was appointed senior Lecturer in Pharmacy in 1993.

Adjective modifier

  • low-income: I from country health status to the magnitude of low-income parents seniors.
  • Caribbean: And baggage insurance after breakfast her caribbean international seniors.
  • international: And baggage insurance after breakfast her caribbean international seniors.

Modifies a noun

  • manager: We also coach 1 to 1 the senior managers of many Fortune 500 companies.
  • lecturer: Susan was a senior lecturer in social policy at South Bank University for 11 years.
  • officer: A 3 per cent basic increase for senior officers from 1 April 2005.
  • citizen: The pool was always bustling from babies to senior citizens.
  • executive: Several employees, perhaps including highly paid senior executives, may have to give evidence.
  • official: Prior to joining the ECA he was a senior official at the World Bank.

Modifying Another Word

  • formerly: Fred Abrahams, formerly senior researcher for Human Rights Watch.
  • together: The Fiesole series brings together senior executives and policy makers from the publishing, library and academic fields.
  • very: But I think if they wanted a cultural change, to get someone very senior to say, " Ring me.
  • increasingly: Changing social patterns includes the fact that more women are working and in increasingly senior roles.
  • however: However senior sales staff earn on average £ 3,000 more.
  • even: When even senior Labor backbenchers have begun to recognize this, so should Gordon.

Noun used with modifier

  • audit: Audit Senior 40000 Central London Permanent 15-Jul-2006 00:00 We are looking for audit seniors to join our successful London office.
  • parent: I from country health status to the magnitude of low-income parents seniors.
  • school: Forty exhuberant high school seniors climb aboard the train for an all-night ride of fun and games.
senior Quotes

  Every manwho has lived his life tothe full, should, by the time his senior years are reached, have established a reserve inventory of unfinished thinking.

—Randall, Clarence Beldan