Meaning & use
senior
Higher in rank, status, or age than others.
See it in a sentence
She was recently promoted to a senior position in the finance department.
My grandfather, a senior citizen, still walks three miles every morning.
A note on using this word
In American schools, senior specifically means a student in the final year of high school or college.
Words with a similar meaning
elderhigher-ranking
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Words with an opposite meaning
Another way to use it
2. noun
A student in the final year of high school or college, or an elderly person.
As a senior, she was finally allowed to park in the student lot.
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