'Senior' definitions:
Definition of 'senior'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer" [ant: junior]
adjective
Used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" [syn: senior(a), fourth-year]
adjective
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" [syn: aged, elderly, older, senior]
noun
An undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
noun
A person who is older than you are [syn: elder, senior]
Definition of 'Senior'
From: GCIDE
- Senior \Sen"ior\, n.
- 1. A person who is older than another; one more advanced in life. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One older in office, or whose entrance upon office was anterior to that of another; one prior in grade. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An aged person; an older. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Each village senior paused to scan, And speak the lovely caravan. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]
- 4. One in the fourth or final year of his collegiate course at an American college; -- originally called {senior sophister}; also, one in the last year of the course at a professional schools or at a seminary. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Senior'
From: GCIDE
- Senior \Sen"ior\, a. [L. senior, compar. of senex, gen. senis, old. See Sir.]
- 1. More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Belonging to the final year of the regular course in American colleges, or in professional schools. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'senior'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A per se,
- absolute,
- ace,
- ancient,
- antecedent,
- anterior,
- anticipatory,
- ascendant,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- better,
- boss,
- brass hat,
- cadet,
- champion,
- chief,
- ci-devant,
- clothed with authority,
- commander,
- commanding,
- competent,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- dean,
- dominant,
- doyen,
- doyenne,
- duly constituted,
- earlier,
- early,
- elder,
- eldest,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- father,
- first,
- first-born,
- firstling,
- fore,
- foregoing,
- former,
- freshman,
- fugleman,
- genius,
- golden-ager,
- governing,
- great,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- high priest,
- higher-up,
- imperative,
- important,
- important person,
- influential,
- junior,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- laureate,
- leader,
- leading,
- major,
- master,
- midshipman,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- nonpareil,
- official,
- old-timer,
- older,
- oldest,
- paragon,
- personage,
- plebe,
- potent,
- powerful,
- preceding,
- precurrent,
- preeminent,
- preexistent,
- prestigious,
- previous,
- prime,
- primogenitary,
- principal,
- prior,
- prodigy,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- ranking,
- ruler,
- ruling,
- senior citizen,
- sire,
- soph,
- sophomore,
- star,
- substantial,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- supreme,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- top dog,
- totalitarian,
- undergrad,
- undergraduate,
- upperclassman,
- virtuoso,
- weighty