Senior — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

a person who is older than you are

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈiːnjɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈiːnjə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈiːnjə/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈiːnjɚ/.

Examples

senior officer
the senior prom
aged members of the society

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

elderly older elder fourth-year aged

Antonyms

junior

Parts of Speech

noun	an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation
noun	a person who is older than you are
adjective	older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service “senior officer”
adjective	used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college “the senior prom”
adjective	advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) “aged members of the society”

Word Forms

elder	adjective	used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
seniority	noun	higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
aged	noun	people who are old collectively
agedness	noun	the property characteristic of old age

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

sénior

un estudiante universitario durante el año anterior a la graduación

🇮🇹Italian

anziano

uno studente universitario nell'anno precedente la laurea

🇵🇹Portuguese

sênior

um estudante de graduação durante o ano anterior à formatura

🇷🇺Russian

старший

студент бакалавриата в течение года, предшествующего выпуску

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वरिष्ठ

स्नातक से पहले वर्ष के दौरान एक स्नातक छात्र

🇧🇩Bengali

সিনিয়র

স্নাতকের আগের বছর একজন স্নাতক ছাত্র

🇮🇳Tamil

மூத்தவர்

பட்டப்படிப்புக்கு முந்தைய ஆண்டில் ஒரு இளங்கலை மாணவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

సీనియర్

గ్రాడ్యుయేషన్‌కు ముందు సంవత్సరంలో అండర్ గ్రాడ్యుయేట్ విద్యార్థి

🇮🇳Marathi

वरिष्ठ

ग्रॅज्युएशनच्या आधीच्या वर्षात एक अंडरग्रेजुएट विद्यार्थी

🇮🇳Gujarati

વરિષ્ઠ

ગ્રેજ્યુએશન પહેલાના વર્ષ દરમિયાન અંડરગ્રેજ્યુએટ વિદ્યાર્થી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿರಿಯ

ಪದವಿಯ ಹಿಂದಿನ ವರ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ ಪದವಿಪೂರ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മുതിർന്ന

ബിരുദത്തിന് മുമ്പുള്ള വർഷത്തിൽ ഒരു ബിരുദ വിദ്യാർത്ഥി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੀਨੀਅਰ

ਗ੍ਰੈਜੂਏਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਾਲ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਇੱਕ ਅੰਡਰਗਰੈਜੂਏਟ ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سینئر

گریجویشن سے پہلے کے سال کے دوران ایک انڈرگریجویٹ طالب علم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

高级的

毕业前一年的本科生

🇯🇵Japanese

シニア

卒業前年の学部生

🇰🇷Korean

상위

졸업 직전 연도의 학부생

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người lớn tuổi

một sinh viên đại học trong năm trước khi tốt nghiệp

🇹🇭Thai

อาวุโส

นักศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรีในช่วงปีก่อนสำเร็จการศึกษา

🇵🇭Filipino

nakatatanda

isang undergraduate na mag-aaral sa taon bago ang pagtatapos

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كبير

طالب جامعي خلال العام السابق للتخرج

🇮🇷Persian

ارشد

یک دانشجوی کارشناسی در طول سال قبل از فارغ التحصیلی

🇹🇷Turkish

kıdemli

mezuniyetten önceki yıl içinde bir lisans öğrencisi

🇮🇱Hebrew

בָּכִיר

סטודנט לתואר ראשון במהלך השנה שקדמה לסיום הלימודים

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