Sophomore Definition
sŏfə-môr, sŏfmôr
sophomores
noun
sophomores
A second-year student in a US college.
American Heritage
A student in the second year of college or the tenth grade in high school.
Webster's New World
A person in his or her second year in some enterprise.
Webster's New World
A three-year-old racehorse, usually in its second year of racing.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- soph
- underclassman
- lowerclassman
- second-year student
adjective
Of or for sophomores.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to the second year of an endeavor, especially of attending a school or college.
American Heritage
Being the second in a series.
A singer's sophomore album.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- second-year
Other Word Forms of Sophomore
Noun
Singular:
sophomore
Plural:
sophomoresOrigin of Sophomore
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From earlier sophumer, from the obsolete sophom (“sophism or dialectical exercise"), likely influenced by Ancient Greek σοφός (sophos, “wise") + μωρός (mōros, “fool"). Compare oxymoron (literally “sharp-dull"), a similar contradiction.
From Wiktionary
Alteration (probably influenced by Greek sophos wise) (and mōros stupid) of sophumer from obsolete sophom sophism, dialectic exercise variant of sophism
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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