junior

jun·ior  (jnyr)

adj.

1. Abbr. Jr. Used to distinguish a son from his father when they have the same given name.

2. Intended for or including youthful persons: a junior sports league.

3. Lower in rank or shorter in length of tenure: a junior officer; the junior senator.

4. Of, for, or constituting students in the third year of a U.S. high school or college: the junior class.

5. Lesser in scale than the usual.

n.

1. A person who is younger than another: a sister four years my junior.

2. A person lesser in rank or time of participation or service; subordinate.

3. A student in the third year of a U.S. high school or college.

4. A class of clothing sizes for girls and slender women. Also called junior miss.

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[Middle English, from Latin inior, comparative of iuvenis, young; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.]

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junior

Adjective

1. lower in rank or position: junior officers

2. younger: world junior champion

3. (in England and Wales) of school children between the ages of 7 and 11 approximately

4. US of the third year of a four-year course at college or high school

Noun

1. a person holding a low rank or position

2. a person who is younger than another person: the man she is to marry is 20 years her junior

3. (in England and Wales) a junior school child

4. US a junior student [Latin: younger]

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Junior

Adjective

the younger of two: usually used after a name to distinguish between two people of the same name: Harry Connick Junior

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	junior - term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male; "look here, junior, it's none of your business" arriviste, nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
	2.	junior - a third-year undergraduate lowerclassman, underclassman - an undergraduate who is not yet a senior
	3.	junior - the younger of two persons; "she is two years my junior" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	4.	Junior - a son who has the same first name as his father Jnr, Jr son, boy - a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is"
Adj.	1.	junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people" subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer"
	2.	junior - used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student" third-year, next-to-last intermediate - lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane"
	3.	junior - including or intended for youthful persons; "a junior sports league"; "junior fashions" young, immature - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

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junior

adjective 1. minor, lower, secondary, lesser, subordinate, inferior

adjective 2. younger, << OPPOSITE senior

Translations

junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ] adj (in age) → menor, más joven; [competition] → juvenil; [position] → subalterno

n → menor m/f; joven m/f;

he's junior to me → es menor que yo

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junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ] adj, n he's junior to me (by two years), he's my junior (by two years) → il est mon cadet (de deux ans), il est plus jeune que moi (de deux ans);

he's junior to me (seniority) → il est en dessous de moi (dans la hiérarchie), j'ai plus d'ancienneté que lui

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junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ] adj → jünger;

(subordinate) → untergeordnet

n → Jüngere(r) f(m);

(young person) → Junior m;

he's junior to me (by 2 years), he's my junior (by 2 years) (younger) → er ist (2 Jahre) jünger als ich;

he's junior to me (subordinate) → er steht unter mir

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junior [ˈdʒuːnɪəʳ] adj, n he's junior to me (by 2 years): he's my junior (by 2 years) → è più giovane di me (di 2 anni);

he's junior to me (seniority) → è al di sotto di me, ho più anzianità di lui