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junior¹
- /ˈd͡ʒuːniə/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒuniɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈd͡ʒʉːniə/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -uːniə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.
adjective more junior · most junior · juniour
- Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation. He uses the leverage of seniority with the more junior employees.
- Younger. Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information.
- Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life. Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]
- Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.
- Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education. Only about half of the schools had a single closing time, while the others organized different times for their infant and junior children.
- Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience. junior hockey
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Synonym of younger.
"Not bad for the junior hand," commented Crediton.
Similar: younger
noun juniors
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A younger person.
four years his junior
Opposite: senior
- A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun.).
- A clothing size for girls or women.
- A third-year student at a high school or university.
- A student in a junior school or the second part of a primary school. My son is now a junior at another, bigger school; but our hopes for his schooling have really remained the same. Of course, we want him to be able to read and keep up at maths but the fact that he is still so enthusiastic about his school and his teacher and his classmates
- A junior barrister.
verb juniors · junioring · juniored
- To work in a junior role (on something). Greenspan had juniored the Demeter murder trial with defence lawyer Joe Pomerant and was, by 1980, well on his way to becoming the most renowned criminal lawyer in Canada.
- To have juniors (more advanced students) assist in instructing (beginners). 2006, Jim and Leann Rathbone, James Mitose and the Path of Kenpo The technique of "junioring" beginners and the first five lesson plan and private lessons were adaptations developed at that time. They are credited with the Americanization of Karate as a business as well as a martial art.
Junior²
Where it comes from
From junior.
The town in West Virginia was established on November 13, 1897, and named after Henry G. Davis Jr. (1871–1896), a son of United States Senator from West Virginia Henry G. Davis (1823–1916) who had been drowned at sea off the Atlantic Coast of South Africa while returning home on the steamship Munkesenton.
proper noun
- A town in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States.
- A male given name, from a nickname for someone with the title Jr. (junior).
- Used as a generic name for a son. How far would you go with your own child? How far would you want to permit others to go with theirs?
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: younger, young, jr, subordinate, subaltern, petty, inferior, lowly, minor, lower, intermediate, secondary, next-to-last, immature, jnr, junior-grade
Translations
Talk about this word "junior." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/junior. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. junior. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/junior "junior." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/junior.Cite this
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