junior
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2.4
- adjective
- /ˈdʒuː.njər/
:
de menor rango
- As the most junior member of the team, she was assigned to assist with the project.
- junior officer
- junior faculty
- junior and senior
And because I was the most junior analyst, I was the last one to speak.
- And because I was the most junior analyst, I was the last one to speak.
- So sometimes they'll just kill, kill the leadership and now the most junior man, you're in charge.
- And this boss became enraged, screaming so loudly and so cruelly that some of the more junior team members cried.
- And this was because I was the most junior driver this company.
- And his junior associate saying, why, why did you do that?
- But what that doesn't do is change the behaviour of my junior colleagues, senior colleagues in their office.
Examples
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My ceremony was presided over by a junior vice president who read poorly from prepared remarks.
Fiction book (1997) -
You were a junior copywriter, but you were promoted to full copywriter in 5 short months.
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This was a junior member of the staff.
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Several important figures in the government and many junior officers supported him.
Academic text (1992) -
"There were budget problems at my school, and I was junior faculty, so they let me go."
Fiction book (1998) -
And because I was the most junior analyst, I was the last one to speak.
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And these two people are the most junior people in the CIA, right?
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Toward the end of my junior year, I started planning for life after NCCU.
Academic text (2017) -
The discussion that follows is targeted not only toward junior faculty but also toward senior faculty and department chairs.
Academic text (1995) -
Though a number of junior ministers have visited Israel, senior leaders have carefully skipped the country.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
33
4.2
Lower in rank, status, or importance
21
4.8
Lower in rank or importance and under someone's control
1
3.8
A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization
1
4.1
Having lower rank or position in a workplace
Antonyms
Compounds
5
4.5
A school or college sports team below the main team, often for younger players
- US
3
2.1
The year before the final year in high school or college, usually the third of four years
- Specialized
1
6.4
A boxer in a weight class with a limit of 154 pounds or 70 kilograms
1
1.4
A school for children aged seven to eleven after infant school and before secondary school
- Specialized
1
6.5
An officer rank in the US Navy and Coast Guard above ensign and below lieutenant
- Specialized
1
5.5
A boxing weight class for fighters who weigh no more than 130 pounds
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Junior comes from the Latin juvenis 'young' and it is used to show someone is younger or lower in rank, as in 'junior officer'. So if you are 'junior' to someone, you usually have less experience or a lower position.