junior college

noun

: an educational institution that offers two years of studies corresponding to those in the first two years of a four-year college and that often offers technical, vocational, and liberal studies to the adults of a community

Examples of junior college in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But making the Super Bowl will draw him back to his junior college days, a time that followed him receiving zero scholarship offers out of high school. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026

Lewis spent the first two years of his collegiate career at Chaffey College, a junior college in Rancho Cucamonga, California. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026

If eligibility was limited to four years and affected by time playing in junior colleges and overseas, athletes would have a more restricted window of eligibility, giving them less time to move between schools, which would create more homogeneity in age and maturity and a more level playing field. —Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026

Smith played at Hutchinson Community College, a junior college in Kansas, in 2022 and 2023. —Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for junior college

• foreknowledge
• acknowledge
• precollege
• haulage
• knowledge

Kids Definition

junior college

noun

: a school that offers two years of studies similar to those in the first two years of a four-year college