SENIORS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

seniors

noun

plural of senior

as in ancestors

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 superiors

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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as in elders

the senior member of a group when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty

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as in adults

a person of advanced years weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors

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Recent Examples of seniors Additionally, about 70% of applicants were Indiana high school seniors, with the remaining applicants being current college students. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 Marvin Ridge High School is letting rising seniors paint their parking spots ahead of the start of the school year, but designs must be approved in advance. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026 Munda, 19, has intermittently trained with the seniors over the past couple of seasons and the energetic midfielder is primed for a loan move in the new season. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Some residents, especially seniors, want more guardrails Several residents at the meeting expressed safety concerns and called for additional enforcement tools — at the state level, if needed. — Rose Evans july 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026 But when October rolls around again, do sophomores, juniors, and seniors really want their parents hanging around for the weekend? — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 The model, known as WISeR, is opposed by the American Medical Association and many seniors groups, including the AARP. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 17 July 2026 Yes, particularly for teens, veterans, those experiencing housing/job insecurity & our seniors. — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026 Many seniors already have to skip doctor's appointments due to costs. — Trina Paul,dan Avery, CNBC, 10 July 2026

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Noun

The swampy forests that raccoons and their ancestors evolved within for 28 million years couldn’t be more unlike city landscapes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Each family has developed its own strategies for explaining and remembering their ancestors' actions in 1898.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026

Definition of ancestors

Noun

Jozef, still a seminarian who had entered the congregation and taken the name Damien only three years earlier, bypassed his immediate superiors and petitioned the higher orders in Paris to be allowed to take his place.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
For example, women athletes are routinely portrayed as emotional, powerless, and reliant on their coaches or superiors, resulting in their infantilization, all while their men athlete counterparts are framed as rational and confident.

— Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of superiors

Noun

Or maybe the Medicare and Medicaid benefits that have been cut, leaving our elders unable to afford care and medicine?

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026
Then everyone—women, children, elders—search the ground with sticks and collect the walnuts.

— KATHERINE ROCHESTER, Artforum, 10 July 2026

Definition of elders

Noun

But the semi-annual change has few fans – an AP-NORC poll last year found that only 12% of American adults were in favor of it, while almost half opposed it.

— Deepti Hajela, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
The European Commission said the preloading of Gemini onto Android devices reduced the attractiveness of rival third-party models for the 60% of EU adults who use Android.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of adults

Noun

Severe droughts and searing heat across vast swathes of southern Europe destroyed large parts of the olive oil harvest, culminating in a dizzying price rally that shocked industry veterans and consumers alike.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Common farmers, including many Revolutionary War veterans, rebelled in opposition to postwar taxation policies.

— Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026

Definition of veterans

Noun

Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 June 2026
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

— Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026

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