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noun

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as in ancestor
one who is older than another since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as "Mr. Barton"

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as in superior
one who is above another in rank, station, or office the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm

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Recent Examples of senior
Adjective
Food prices, for example, have risen 24% between 2020 and 2024, noted Billy Roberts, senior analyst for food and beverage at CoBank, which provides financial services to agribusinesses and rural firms. Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025 Los Alamitos standouts Wednesday were many, too, including senior outside hitter Brynn Minter, junior middle blocker Genesis Botts and sophomore outside hitter Charlotte Hall. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
For the past two years, toddlers at Bernard Jackson’s swim and wellness center in Washington, DC, have learned to float for the first time, and seniors in their eighties have practiced gentle exercises to stay strong. Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025 But for the Miami seniors set to suffer the consequences, the politics are a world away — and the money for food is disappearing next week. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for senior
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senior
Adjective
  • Hollywood legend Cary Grant goes full-on slapstick as a man who discovers his sweet elderly aunts are actually serial killers.
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
  • This proposes altering the state constitution to increase the property tax exemption for homesteads owned by elderly or disabled individuals from $10,000 to $60,000 of the market value.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One theory points to Buddhist monks, who would light lanterns on the 15th day of the holiday to honor Buddha—an act that evolved into a way for families to pay tribute to ancestors.
    Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 20 Oct. 2025
  • First Alert 4 reported that this counterfeit note was marked as ancestor money, a symbolic bill burned as a ritual offering in Chinese culture.
    Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Clotworthy and then-partner Michael Fabila escaped the flow and went back to work for much of the next 24 hours blocking traffic on Highway 101, actions their CHP superiors said saved lives.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The ensign, who had neglected to check the tides before entering the harbor, immediately reported his failure to his superiors, who fired him and hauled him before a court-martial.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Rennison is a professor emerita and former associate dean of faculty affairs at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.
    Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Alma, now a university dean, is sitting in a diner, where Maggie joins her for a short conversation.
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The monastery is central to the story, and its elder—named Zosima in the novel—comforts a woman who has lost her child, aged two years and nine months, with words that echo those uttered by Ambrose.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Their flowers, red, rose above the courtyard and the divan where the village elders met, over the ten balconies and the stairway windows.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And so the conflict between love, on one side, and faith, family, and tradition reignites, in a season that retraces the arc of its predecessor—and especially its finale—a bit too closely.
    Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One of his predecessors, Max Allegri, used to say there are categories of coaches.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Connors helped just about everyone who needed it, his friend PR boss George Regan said at the awards ceremony.
    Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Your next movie night will be complete with this ’90s psychological thriller starring a vengeful nanny attempting to destroy a former boss’s life.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Two reps later, Nix saw blitz and — with a veteran’s cool — checked into a quick-hit to Evan Engram, who sped for 20 yards.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The 40-year-old NBA veteran is reportedly expected to make his return sometime in November.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Senior.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senior. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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