senior
Older.
Adjective 4 meanings
Older.
“senior citizen”
Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
“senior member; senior counsel”
Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
“senior hockey”
Noun 4 meanings
An old person.
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
“He was four years her senior.”
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
Etymology
From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
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SENIOR at a glance
SENIOR has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + I 1 + O 1 + R 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,246 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with senior
All rhymes- PRIOR7
- BEHAVIOR16
- INTERIOR8
- JUNIOR13
- SUPERIOR10
- WARRIOR10
- EXTERIOR15
- INFERIOR11
- SAVIOR9
- ANTERIOR8
- POSTERIOR11
- ULTERIOR8
One letter away
- SENSOR6
- SENHOR9
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