senior

English

Alternative forms

• seniour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate.

Adjective

senior (comparative more senior, superlative most senior)

1. Older; superior
2. Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.
3. of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Antonyms

• junior

Related terms

• senile
• senate
• sir

Translations

older

French: aîné (fr) m.

Polish: starszy (pl)

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete, biblical) An elder or presbyter in the early Church. [14th-16th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IV:

     Then Peter full of the holy goost sayd unto them. Ye ruelars of the people, and seniours of israhel [...].

3. Someone older than someone else (with possessive). [from 15th c.]

   He was four years her senior.

4. (US) A final-year student at a high school or university. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• junior

Derived terms

• senior school

Related terms

• seniority

Translations

someone older than someone else

Dutch: senior (nl) m. and f. Finnish: vanhempi (fi)

Polish: starszy (pl) m. Spanish: señor (es)

External links

• senior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• senior in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• nosier

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin senior

Adjective

senior (comparative plus senior, superlative le plus senior)

1. older

Noun

senior (plural seniors)

1. lord

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Latin

Adjective

senior (comparative of senex)

1. older, elder; rather old

Inflection

• Third declension, comparative variation (3:COM).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	senior	senius		seniōrēs	seniōra
genitive	seniōris	seniōris		seniōrum	seniōrum
dative	seniōrī	seniōrī		seniōribus	seniōribus
accusative	seniōrem	senius		seniōrēs	seniōra
ablative	seniōre	seniōre		seniōribus	seniōribus
vocative	senior	senius		seniōrēs	seniōra

Antonyms

• iunior

Related terms

• senātus
• senex

Descendants

Catalan: senyor English: senior, sire French: seigneur, sire Italian: signore

Portuguese: senhor Romansch: signur Spanish: señor Venetian: sior