Junior — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

a third-year undergraduate

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈuːnjɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈuːnjə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈuːnjə/

2 syllables Say it as /dʒˈuːnjɚ/.

Examples

look here, junior, it's none of your business
she is two years my junior
the junior class

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Jnr next-to-last third-year Jr

Antonyms

senior

Parts of Speech

noun	term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male “look here, junior, it's none of your business”
noun	a third-year undergraduate
noun	the younger of two persons “she is two years my junior”
noun	a son who has the same first name as his father
adjective	younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
adjective	used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college “the junior class”
adjective	including or intended for youthful persons “a junior sports league”

Word Forms

junior	adjective	younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
junior	noun	a third-year undergraduate

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Junior-

Anrede für einen respektlosen und nervigen Mann

🇪🇸Spanish

júnior

término de tratamiento para un hombre irrespetuoso y molesto

🇵🇹Portuguese

júnior

termo de endereço para um homem desrespeitoso e irritante

🇷🇺Russian

младший

обращение к неуважительному и надоедливому мужчине

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कनिष्ठ

एक अपमानजनक और कष्टप्रद पुरुष के लिए संबोधन का शब्द

🇧🇩Bengali

জুনিয়র

একটি অসম্মানজনক এবং বিরক্তিকর পুরুষের জন্য ঠিকানার মেয়াদ

🇮🇳Tamil

இளையவர்

அவமரியாதை மற்றும் எரிச்சலூட்டும் ஆணுக்கான முகவரி

🇮🇳Telugu

జూనియర్

అగౌరవంగా మరియు బాధించే మగవారికి చిరునామా పదం

🇮🇳Marathi

कनिष्ठ

अनादर करणाऱ्या आणि त्रासदायक पुरुषासाठी पत्त्याची मुदत

🇮🇳Gujarati

જુનિયર

અપમાનજનક અને હેરાન કરનાર પુરૂષ માટે સરનામાની મુદત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಿರಿಯ

ಅಗೌರವ ಮತ್ತು ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಪುರುಷನಿಗೆ ವಿಳಾಸದ ಪದ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജൂനിയർ

അനാദരവുള്ളതും ശല്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതുമായ ഒരു പുരുഷൻ്റെ വിലാസ കാലാവധി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੂਨੀਅਰ

ਇੱਕ ਅਪਮਾਨਜਨਕ ਅਤੇ ਤੰਗ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਲਈ ਸੰਬੋਧਨ ਦੀ ਮਿਆਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

جونیئر

ایک بے عزت اور پریشان کن مرد کے لیے خطاب کی اصطلاح

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

初级

对无礼且令人讨厌的男性的称呼

🇯🇵Japanese

ジュニア

無礼で迷惑な男性に対する呼び名

🇰🇷Korean

후진

무례하고 짜증나는 남자를 부르는 호칭

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhỏ

thuật ngữ xưng hô dành cho một người đàn ông thiếu tôn trọng và khó chịu

🇹🇭Thai

จูเนียร์

ระยะเวลาที่อยู่สำหรับผู้ชายที่ไม่เคารพและน่ารำคาญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

muda

istilah sapaan untuk laki-laki yang tidak sopan dan menyebalkan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مبتدئ

مصطلح عنوان لذكر غير محترم ومزعج

🇮🇷Persian

جوان

عبارت آدرس برای یک مرد بی احترام و مزاحم

🇹🇷Turkish

genç

saygısız ve sinir bozucu bir erkeğe hitap şekli

🇮🇱Hebrew

זוּטָר

תנאי כתובת לגבר חסר כבוד ומעצבן

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