senior: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 6 letter points · starts with S · ends with R
Meaning of senior
adj
Older.
Example: senior citizen
Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
Example: senior member; senior counsel
- US
Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.
- Canada, US
Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players above a certain age or level of experience.
Example: senior hockey
Listed forms: seniour.
Source: Wiktionary — senior.
noun
- US
An old person.
Someone older than someone else (with possessive).
Example: He was four years her senior.
Someone seen as deserving respect or reverence because of their age.
Somebody who is higher in rank, dignity, or office.
Listed forms: seniors, seniour.
Source: Wiktionary — senior.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for senior.
adjective
used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college
- fourth-year
adjective
advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables)
noun
a person who is older than you are
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is senior in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of senior
S(1) + E(1) + N(1) + I(1) + O(1) + R(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of senior
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from senior
66 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in senior. Showing up to 24, longest first.