Synonyms for junior

Synonyms for (noun) junior

Synonyms: junior

Definition: the younger of two persons

Usage: she is two years my junior

Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual

Definition: a human being

Usage: there was too much for one person to do


Synonyms: junior

Definition: a third-year undergraduate

Similar words: lowerclassman, underclassman

Definition: an undergraduate who is not yet a senior


Synonyms: Jr, Junior, Jnr

Definition: a son who has the same first name as his father

Similar words: son, boy

Definition: a male human offspring

Usage: their son became a famous judge; his boy is taller than he is


Synonyms: junior

Definition: term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

Usage: look here, junior, it's none of your business

Similar words: upstart, arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu

Definition: a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class


Synonyms for (adj) junior

Synonyms: junior, next-to-last, third-year

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

Usage: the junior class; a third-year student

Similar words: intermediate

Definition: lying between two extremes in time or space or state

Usage: going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands; intermediate stages in a process; intermediate stops on the route; an intermediate range plane


Synonyms: junior

Definition: including or intended for youthful persons

Usage: a junior sports league; junior fashions

Similar words: young, immature

Definition: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

Usage: young people


Synonyms: junior

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

Similar words: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, subaltern, secondary, petty

Definition: inferior in rank or status

Usage: the junior faculty; a lowly corporal; petty officialdom; a subordinate functionary


Similar words: minor

Definition: of the younger of two boys with the same family name

Usage: Jones minor


Similar words: jr., younger

Definition: used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

Usage: John Junior; John Smith, Jr.


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