Synonyms for senior
ˈsin yərse·nior

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1. seniornoun

   Antonyms:
   junior

2. seniornoun

   Older; superior

   Antonyms:
   junior

3. senioradjective

   Higher in rank within a publicly traded company or other organization.

   Antonyms:
   junior

4. seniornoun

   Someone older than someone else (with possessive).

   He was four years her senior.

   Antonyms:
   junior

5. seniornoun

   Antonyms:
   junior

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seniornoun

   an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

   Synonyms:
   elder

   Antonyms:
   younger, lower-ranking, lowly, secondary, junior, jr., minor(ip), subaltern, immature, first, petty(a), junior-grade, young

2. elder, senioradjective

   a person who is older than you are

   Synonyms:
   elderberry bush, elder

   Antonyms:
   minor(ip), immature, younger, junior-grade, subaltern, secondary, lowly, lower-ranking, young, jr., petty(a), first, junior

3. senioradjective

   older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

   "senior officer"

   Synonyms:
   aged, older, senior(a), fourth-year, elderly

   Antonyms:
   first, petty(a), junior-grade, jr., minor(ip), lowly, immature, lower-ranking, subaltern, secondary, young, younger, junior

4. senior(a), fourth-yearadjective

   used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college

   "the senior prom"

   Antonyms:
   subaltern, junior, immature, young, minor(ip), junior-grade, first, petty(a), younger, jr., lower-ranking, secondary, lowly

5. aged, elderly, older, senioradjective

   advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

   "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

   Synonyms:
   aged, senior(a), old, cured, sr., elderly, elder, ripened, older, aged(a), of age(p), fourth-year

   Antonyms:
   minor(ip), junior-grade, junior, younger, lowly, lower-ranking, petty(a), young, jr., immature, subaltern, first, secondary

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. senioradjective

   Synonyms:
   older, elder

2. seniornoun

   Synonyms:
   elder

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "senior":

   high-ranking, high, top, high-level, higher, upper, main, superior, superiors, senior-level, principal, prominent, seniors, primary, supreme, elder, veteran, eldest, experienced, top-level, chief, older, leading, elderly, advanced, major, above, sr., altos, higher-level, high-class, large, big, seasoned, executives, high-, executive

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. senior

   Synonyms:
   See Senior doctor
   

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1. Bryan Cunningham:

   All communications devices of all senior government officials are targeted by foreign governments. This is not new, what is new in the cell phone age is the ease of intercepting them and that at least our last two presidents... have chafed at not being able to use their personal cell phones.

2. Andrew Guiliani:

   Let’s be honest about this. There were beds in the Javits Center. The USSS Comfort was being sent up by the Trump administration in the Hudson over here to make sure that New Yorkers had the space and the beds, what killed those 9,000 senior New Yorkers was nothing more, nothing else, than Andrew Cuomo’s ego. That’s what killed them. He did not want anyone else to get a political win but himself.

3. Jason Stearns:

   Senior members of the security establishment have not been entirely cooperative – let’s put it that way – with the operations and still maintain contacts with FDLR leadership.

4. Mohd Shukri Abdull:

   He asked me, 'Are you ready?', as a senior investigator, I knew what he meant.

5. David Ballard:

   The key is communicating expectations, if you are in a senior leadership position and are putting in long hours into the evenings and weekends and that fits well for you, make sure you are clear with your employees what is expected of them.