junior

junior is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Less advanced in age than another; younger. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Less advanced in age than another; younger.
2. adjective. Lower in standing or in rank; later in office; as, a junior partner; junior counsel; junior captain.
3. adjective. Composed of juniors, whether younger or a lower standing; as, the junior class; of or pertaining to juniors or to a junior class. See Junior, n., 2.
4. noun. Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
5. noun. A younger person.
6. noun. Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or final year being designated a senior; in some seminaries, one in the first year, in others, one in the second year, of a three years' course.
7. noun. the younger of two persons

   "she is two years my junior"

8. noun. a third-year undergraduate
9. noun. a son who has the same first name as his father

   Synonyms: jnr, jr

10. noun. term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

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

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

    "the junior class"

    "a third-year student"

12. adjective. including or intended for youthful persons

    "a junior sports league"

    "junior fashions"

13. adjective. younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

Synonyms

jnr, jr

Common word forms

juniors, juniored, junioring, juniority

Words from these letters

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