Definitions for Junior

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Junior jun·ior

Spelling: [joon-yer]

IPA: /ˈdʒun yər/

Junior is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in Junior (ijnoru).

Definitions for Junior

noun

1. a person who is younger than another.
2. a person who is newer or of lower rank in an office, class, profession, etc.; subordinate.
3. a student who is in the next to the final year of a course of study.
4. Often, juniors. a range of odd-numbered sizes, chiefly from 3 to 15, for garments that fit women and girls with shorter waists, narrower shoulders, and smaller bustlines than those of average build. the department or section of a store where garments in these sizes are sold.
5. a garment in this size range.
6. a woman or girl who wears garments in this size range.
7. (initial capital letter) a member of the Girl Scouts from 9 through 11 years old.
8. Informal. (often initial capital letter) a boy; youth; son:

adjective

1. younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): Compare senior (def 1).
2. of more recent appointment or admission, as to an office or status; of lower rank or standing:
3. (in American universities, colleges, and schools) noting or pertaining to the class or year next below that of the senior.
4. Finance. subordinate to preferred creditors, mortgagees, and the like.
5. of later date; subsequent to:
6. composed of younger members:
7. being smaller than the usual size:
8. (of an iron or steel shape) relatively small, but rolled to a standard form.
9. of, for, or designating clothing in sizes 3–15 or those who wear it:

Origin of Junior

First recorded in 1520-30, junior is from the Latin word jūnior younger

Examples for Junior

You stick to us in a devil of a manner,' Said Barnacle junior, looking over his shoulder.

Tell your people to inquire of Harry Kellogg, the junior partner.

I am the junior partner, as you say, but have not been a partner long.

A year later, she enrolled in Dongguk University, where she is now a junior studying criminal justice.

You must now wear the same haircut & clothes you sported in junior high…forever.

The junior partner's eyelids dropped under that stolen glance.

And then I did teachers all throughout elementary school and junior high for my friends.

Hand-picked recruits were invited to rural England for basic infantry and junior command training.

I was far and away the heaviest kid all through elementary school, junior high, and high school.

You certainly know he is junior partner in the establishment where you work?