## Meanings
1. Higher in rank, position, or importance than others.
2. Older, especially being an older adult.
3. Someone older than another person, used after a possessive.
4. Relating to the final year of a US high school or college.

## Examples
- She was promoted to a senior position in the company.
- Many cinemas offer cheaper tickets for senior citizens.
- He was four years her senior.
- In her senior year she applied to several universities.

## Synonyms
- elderly
- masters
- veteran

## Antonyms
- junior

## Derived Forms
- nonsenior
- seniorhood
- senioritis
- seniority
- seniorize
- seniorlike
- seniorly
- seniormost
- seniorness
- seniorpreneur
- seniorship
- subsenior

## Related Forms
- senate
- senile
- sir

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: senior

## Etymology
From Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.

## AI Etymology
Senior is from Middle English senior, from Latin senior (“older”), comparative form of senex (“old”); see senate. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, señor, senyor, signore, sir, and sire. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English senior, Latin senior. In current use it includes senses such as Higher in rank, position, or importance than others and Older, especially being an older adult.

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- Education & Learning

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