Noun: junior joon-yu(r) [N. Amer], joon-yu(r) or joo-nee-u(r) [Brit]
- The younger of two persons
"she is two years my junior"
- A third-year undergraduate
"As a junior, he finally declared his major in psychology"
- Term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
"look here, junior, it's none of your business"
- Younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service
"As the junior member of the team, she had to prove herself"
- Including or intended for youthful persons
"a junior sports league"; "junior fashions"
- In the third year of a four-year course of study, especially at a U.S. college or high school
"the junior class";
- third-year, next-to-last
- A son who has the same first name as his father
- Jr, Jnr [Brit]
- Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
"John Junior";
- younger, jr.
Derived forms: juniors
See also: higher rank, higher status, immature, intermediate, junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, minor [Brit], petty, secondary, senior status, seniority, subaltern, subordinate, young
Type of: actor, arriviste [informal], boy, doer, lowerclassman, nouveau-riche, parvenu, son, underclassman, upstart, worker
Antonym: senior
Encyclopedia: Junior, West Virginia