senior

About 23.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Older.

   senior citizen

2. adjective Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.

   senior member; senior counsel

3. adjective Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
4. adjective Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.

   senior hockey

5. adjective Synonym of elder.
6. noun An old person.
7. noun Someone older than someone else (with possessive). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   He was four years her senior.

8. noun Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.

Similar words

older elderly aged old elder superior major ranking last precedential

Often followed by

management high year citizens officers officer managers staff vice lecturer

Word family

Senior Seniors seniors