Synonyms for junior
ˈdʒun yərju·nior

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1. juniornoun

   Antonyms:
   senior

2. juniornoun

   Younger.

   four years his junior

   Antonyms:
   senior

3. juniornoun

   Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.

   Antonyms:
   senior

4. juniornoun

   Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.

   Antonyms:
   senior

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1. junior

   Synonyms:
   younger

   Antonyms:
   senior, elder

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. juniornoun

   term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

   "look here, junior, it's none of your business"

   Antonyms:
   older, sr., higher-ranking, elder, old, ranking(a), superior, senior, major(ip), terminal, precedential

2. juniornoun

   a third-year undergraduate

   Antonyms:
   higher-ranking, precedential, older, elder, superior, senior, sr., old, ranking(a), terminal, major(ip)

3. juniornoun

   the younger of two persons

   "she is two years my junior"

   Antonyms:
   precedential, sr., higher-ranking, old, senior, major(ip), terminal, ranking(a), older, superior, elder

4. Junior, Jr, Jnradjective

   a son who has the same first name as his father

   Antonyms:
   older, senior, sr., higher-ranking, terminal, ranking(a), superior, precedential, old, elder, major(ip)

5. junioradjective

   younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

   Synonyms:
   third-year, next-to-last, junior(a)

   Antonyms:
   terminal, elder, superior, older, major(ip), precedential, higher-ranking, sr., senior, old, ranking(a)

6. junior(a), third-year, next-to-lastadjective

   used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

   "the junior class"; "a third-year student"

   Antonyms:
   elder, older, superior, higher-ranking, major(ip), ranking(a), old, precedential, sr., senior, terminal

7. junioradjective

   including or intended for youthful persons

   "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"

   Synonyms:
   third-year, next-to-last, junior(a)

   Antonyms:
   terminal, senior, ranking(a), old, higher-ranking, elder, superior, older, major(ip), sr., precedential

Matched Categories

1. • Lowerclassman
   • Person
   • Upstart

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1. junioradjective

   Synonyms:
   younger

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1. List of paraphrases for "junior":

   jr, subordinate, auxiliary, undergraduate, jr., primary, young, lower-level, juvenile, juniors, lower-ranking, youth, auxiliaries, ancillary, beginner, small, menial, low-ranking, seinfeld

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1. Hillary Clinton:

   Hi, Richard, i hear you are going to protect me, my junior secret service agent. I love it.

2. But Stratton:

   It was very difficult for him to ask his father permission to leave [the lifestyle], his father wasn’t happy about it. In the tape, you can see his father basically ripping through Junior. ‘Where’s your dignity? Where’s your manhood?’ But then he changes at a certain point. He becomes a father, instead of the godfather and the boss of the Gambino family. He understand that the life he led can go one or two ways. You die in prison or you die on the street.

3. Don Bacon:

   We're seeing that our junior enlisted, because they're married, have to go on food stamps or [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] and I think that's a travesty, i hope in the next Congress I can be part of the team and work with [House Armed Services Committee ranking member] Mike Rogers to build that consensus. We have to adjust our enlisted pay because if pay is not keeping up with our junior ranks they're going to get out right away or just not get in.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   I want to address the vote the Senate took yesterday on the point of order raised by the junior Senator from Kentucky, i regret to say: for 45 Republican Senators to vote for a spurious constitutional objection to the coming impeachment trial was deeply, deeply, irresponsible.

5. Samantha Hoover:

   I want to take more AP (advanced placement) courses in school in my junior and senior years in math and science. being here is just an honor.