Junior - English meaning

ˈdʒuː.ni.ər

Junior – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
For or denoting young or younger people.
Usage examples:
Junior tennis
Synonims:
YoungerYoungest
adjective
Low or lower in rank or status.
Usage examples:
A junior minister
Synonims:
Low-rankingLower-rankingSubordinateSub-LesserLowerMinorSecondaryInferiorBeneathUnder

noun
A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
Usage examples:
He's five years her junior
noun
A person with low rank or status compared with others.
Usage examples:
An office junior

adjective
Less advanced, or lower in rank
Usage examples:
The junior varsity, alfredo is a junior partner in the law firm., he was born in april, so he’s thr…

adjective
Used to describe someone of a low rank, or of a lower rank in relation to others, in an organization
Usage examples:
Junior role/position, a junior doctor/barrister/executive, junior ministers/senators, junior to sb …

noun
Someone who has a job at a low level within an organization
Usage examples:
An office junior

noun
A student at a junior school

noun
→ junior school
Usage examples:
Lewis has just moved up to the juniors.

noun
A student in the third year of a course that lasts for four years at a school or college

noun
A young person below a particular age who is involved in an activity, especially sport
Usage examples:
Saturday morning sessions are for juniors only.

noun
Three, eight, etc. years younger than someone
Usage examples:
My brother is five years my junior., my sister is my junior by three years (= three years younger t…

noun
Used to refer to your son
Usage examples:
Come on, junior, time for bed.

adjective
Low or lower in rank
Usage examples:
I object to being told what to do by someone junior to me., a junior doctor/partner

adjective
Connected with or involving young people below a particular age
Usage examples:
Junior orchestra, junior members are not permitted to compete.

adjective
Used after a man's name to refer to the younger of two men in the same family who have the same name
Usage examples:
Sammy davis, jr.

Junior translation into English

Junior: translate from English into Chinese

初级, 初, 晚

Junior: translate from English into Dutch

Junior, Jongere, Jongste

Junior: translate from English into French

Junior, Subalterne, Jeune, Cadet, Débutant, Adjoint, Fiston, Élève de troisième, Étudiant de troisième

Junior: translate from English into German

Junior, Junior-, Jünger, Jüngere, Untergeordnet, Rangniedriger, Grundschüler

Junior: translate from English into Hindi

कनिष्ठ, जूनियर, अवर, आयु में छोटा, पद में छोटा, अवर व्यक्तित

Junior: translate from English into Italian

Junior, Minore, Giovane, Più giovane, Inferiore

Junior: translate from English into Korean

후진, 아들, 손아래, 젊은 여성, 삼년생, 연소한, 청소년용의, 후진의, 삼년생의, 소형의

Junior: translate from English into Russian

Младший, Юниор, Юношеский, Подчиненный, Нижестоящий, Сынок, Студент предпоследнего курса, Студент младшего курса

Junior: translate from English into Spanish

Júnior, Joven, Menor, Juvenil, Subalterno, Hijo, Estudiante de tercer año, Niño, Chico, Alumno, De menores, Estudiante de penúltimo año, Para menores, Más nuevo, Mozo, Cría, Recadero, Moza, Juvenilmente, De estudiante en tercer año

Word origin

Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.

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Junior – similar words

juniors

ˈdʒuː.ni.ər

noun
A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
Usage examples:
He's five years her junior

adjective
For or denoting young or younger people.
Usage examples:
Junior tennis

adjective
Low or lower in rank or status.
Usage examples:
A junior minister

Juniors - all meanings in English

Junior synonims

beneath

bɪˈniːθ

preposition
Extending or directly underneath.
Usage examples:
A 2.5-mile tunnel beneath the alps

adverb
Extending or directly underneath something.
Usage examples:
A house built on stilts to allow air to circulate beneath

preposition
In or to a lower position than; under
Usage examples:
Jerry hid the letter beneath a pile of papers., the cool grass felt good beneath their feet.

Beneath - all meanings in English

inferior

ɪnˈfɪə.ri.ər

adjective
Lower in rank, status, or quality.
Usage examples:
Schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country

noun
A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.
Usage examples:
Her social and intellectual inferiors

adjective
Not good, or not as good as someone or something else
Usage examples:
Inferior to these products are inferior to those we bought last year., she cited cases in which wom…

Inferior - all meanings in English

lesser

adjective
Not so great or important as the other or the rest.
Usage examples:
He was convicted of a lesser assault charge

adjective
Not as great in size, amount, or importance as something else
Usage examples:
Texas and, to a lesser degree, oklahoma will be affected by the drought.

Lesser - all meanings in English

low-ranking

adjective
Having a job at a lower level than others in an organization or group
Usage examples:
The restructuring targeted middle management as well as low-ranking employees., students will find …

Low-ranking - all meanings in English

lower

adjective
Less high in position.
Usage examples:
The lower levels of the building

adverb
Denoting an older (and hence usually deeper) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.
Usage examples:
Lower cretaceous

verb
Move (someone or something) in a downward direction.
Usage examples:
He watched the coffin being lowered into the ground

Lower - all meanings in English

lower-ranking

adjective
Positioned below one or more similar things, or of the bottom part ...

Lower-ranking - all meanings in English

minor

adjective
Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
Usage examples:
She requested a number of minor alterations

noun
A person under the age of full legal responsibility.
Usage examples:
The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb
Short for minor suit.
Usage examples:
A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

Minor - all meanings in English

secondary

adjective
Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.
Usage examples:
The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

noun
Former term for mesozoic.

adjective
Less important than related things
Usage examples:
A coach’s first responsibility is to the team – everything else is secondary., the secondary curric…

Secondary - all meanings in English

subordinate

adjective
Lower in rank or position.
Usage examples:
His subordinate officers

noun
A person under the authority or control of another within an organization.
Usage examples:
He was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates

verb
Treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.
Usage examples:
Practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency

Subordinate - all meanings in English

under

preposition
Extending or directly below.
Usage examples:
Vast stores of gas under the north sea

adverb
Extending or directly below something.
Usage examples:
Weaving the body through the crossbars, over and under, over and under

prefix
Below; beneath.
Usage examples:
Underclothes

Under - all meanings in English

younger

adjective
Having lived or existed for only a short time.
Usage examples:
A young girl

noun
Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.
Usage examples:
Many grebes carry their young on their backs

phrase
Used after someone's name to show that they are the younger of two people who have the same name, especially a father and son
Usage examples:
He played a large part in the administration of george bush the younger., there was a beautiful pai…

Younger - all meanings in English

youngest

jʌŋ

adjective
Having lived or existed for only a short time.
Usage examples:
A young girl

noun
Offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.
Usage examples:
Many grebes carry their young on their backs

adjective
Having lived or existed for only a short time and not old
Usage examples:
Young adults/children, his girlfriend's very young., the trees in this part of the forest are still…

Youngest - all meanings in English

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