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senior

senior

281 2.6
Relating to the last year of high school or college
  • adjective
  • /ˈsiː.njər/
  • US
translation icon : de último año
  • This is what happens when you're so tired and it's the end of senior year and you're working on your portfolio.
  • senior year
  • senior student
  • senior class

Um, by the time senior year rolled around

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Examples

  • The last time I really was sure I knew what I wanted to do with my life was my senior year at Stanford.

  • I am in my senior year of Tuskegee University.

  • And the, the final year, your senior year is all about leadership.

  • And so anyway, I get out, I get back to school, you know, senior year is going on.

  • Did you wanna come here for your senior year?

  • My son is a senior.

  • I'm looking forward to my senior year and the chance to take an advanced class in photography.

    Academic text (2008)
  • You know, I've been thinking, start of senior year, then we got prom, graduation.

  • When he scored fifty-three points against Deadwood his senior year, they were sure of it.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • This year, I am excited to celebrate my senior year of high school with my friends.

Synonyms

fourth-year
vssenior
  • US
11 3.1

About the fourth and last year of high school or college

is the US term used as a class label rather than a numeric phrase

Antonyms

junior
  • US
202 3.2

Relating to the third year of high school 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
  • US
1 5.3
senior
  • US
281 2.6
junior
  • US
202 3.2
sophomore
  • US
30 3.3
first-year
170 3.0

Surface Forms

senior positive

Etymology

Senior comes from the Latin senex meaning 'old', so in the US the 'senior' year is the last school year because those students are the most advanced. This is why senior here means 'relating to the fourth and final year'.