Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun senior

2 senses of senior

Sense 1
senior -- (an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation)
       => undergraduate, undergrad -- (a university student who has not yet received a first degree)

Sense 2
elder, senior -- (a person who is older than you are)
       => adult, grownup -- (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

Antonyms of adj senior

3 senses of senior

Sense 1
senior (vs. junior) -- (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer")

junior (vs. senior) -- (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
        => junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty (prenominal), secondary, subaltern -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary")
        => minor (postnominal) -- (of the younger of two boys with the same family name; "Jones minor")
        => younger, jr. -- (used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father; "John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr.")

Sense 2
senior (prenominal), fourth-year -- (used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom")

INDIRECT (VIA last) -> first -- (preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training")

Sense 3
aged, elderly, older, senior -- (advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen")

INDIRECT (VIA old) -> young, immature -- ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people")

Similarity of adj senior

3 senses of senior

Sense 1
senior (vs. junior) -- (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer")
       => elder, older, sr. -- (used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.")
       => major (postnominal) -- (of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major")
       => precedential -- (having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm")
       => ranking (prenominal), superior, higher-ranking -- (having a higher rank; "superior officer")
          Also See-> old#1

Sense 2
senior (prenominal), fourth-year -- (used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom")
       => last (vs. first) -- (coming after all others in time or space or degree or being the only one remaining; "the last time I saw Paris"; "the last day of the month"; "had the last word"; "waited until the last minute"; "he raised his voice in a last supreme call"; "the last game of the season"; "down to his last nickel")

Sense 3
aged, elderly, older, senior -- (advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen")
       => old (vs. young) -- ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?")