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senior

senior

145 2.3
A student in the last year of high school or college
  • noun
  • /ˈsiː.njər/
  • US
translation icon : estudiante de último año
  • How can you do this at 18, when you should be a senior in high school?
  • high school senior
  • graduating seniors
  • graduating senior

And then he happens upon this high school senior named Meg Keflezski.

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Examples

  • Oh, we just want to make sure, the seniors have a very memorable last day.

  • I'm a high school senior and a student with dyslexia.

  • And still, as a college senior, what would I teach?

  • having a daughter who is starting her senior year in college

  • And that was my senior year and her junior year.

  • Well today will be the third week of my senior year with my future self.

  • What would have you told your high school senior self one thing for the future?

  • My daughter, she's a senior at Sharon Public High School.

  • Undaunted, he spent his senior year studying poetry, music and art.

  • She's a senior in high school and is excited about graduating this spring.

Antonyms

junior
  • US
140 2.4

A student in the third year of university or college

Compounds

An older person who is usually retired and often over 60 years old

A top company manager who leads major divisions and ranks above other vice presidents

20 2.8

Students who are in their last year of high school or college

senior moment
  • Informal
4 7.7

A short time when an older person forgets something or becomes confused

A job at a high level with much responsibility

2 2.1

A school for older teens, usually in grades 9 to 12

A school for teenagers who study grades nine to twelve after middle school

senior status
  • Formal
1 4.9

A higher position that an organization gives to people with more years of work or experience

senior pilot
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A pilot in charge of a plane who has the final say

7.0

The top adult competition in the Irish stick-and-ball game

6.7

A high Air Force rank for senior enlisted members above master sergeant and below chief master sergeant

6.3

A high-ranking sailor in the US Navy or Coast Guard who leads and trains other sailors

senior position
  • Specialized
6.9

A debt repaid before other debts if a company goes bankrupt

How Advanced

graduate student
  • US
75 2.5
senior
  • US
145 2.3
junior
  • US
140 2.4
sophomore
  • US
149 3.2
freshman
  • US
202 2.3

Surface Forms

senior singular
seniors plural

Etymology

Senior comes from the Latin senex meaning 'old', and in schools it came to mean the students who are the 'oldest' or most experienced. So a senior student is in the final year because they are furthest through their studies.