junior
gb/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/ us/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
B1
Inglés
~ 2900
Acepciones
0 acepciones
adjective
B1
property
1
Lower in position or importance
Lower in position or importance than someone else.
Patrón de uso:
[someone] is junior to [someone]
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes confuse 'junior' with 'younger' when talking about rank; 'junior' refers to position, not always age.
Sinónimos
subordinate (More formal and often used in business or military contexts.)
Antónimos
senior (Refers to someone with higher rank, position, or status.)
Colocaciones
junior employee
|junior partner
|junior officer
|junior member
Temas
work
|education
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- She is junior to him in the company hierarchy.
- As a junior partner, he has less decision-making power.
- In the military, a junior officer follows orders from higher ranks.
- The junior staff are usually given simpler tasks.
- He started as a junior analyst and worked his way up.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I am junior to my boss.
- She is a junior member of the team.
- He is a junior officer in the army.
- This job is for junior workers.
- We have many junior staff here.
adjective
B2
property
2
Younger than another person
Younger than someone else, often in a family.
Patrón de uso:
[someone] is junior to [someone] by [time period]
Error frecuente:
Learners may overuse 'junior' instead of simply saying 'younger'. In casual speech, 'younger' is more common.
Sinónimos
younger (A more general word for less age.)
Antónimos
elder (Refers to someone older in age, especially in family contexts.)
Colocaciones
junior sibling
|junior colleague
Temas
family
|relationships
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- He is three years junior to me.
- My brother is junior to me by two years.
- She is the junior sibling in the family.
- He married a woman ten years his junior.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I am two years junior to her.
- My sister is junior to me.
- He is my junior brother.
- She married someone five years her junior.
Sustantivo
B1
entity
3
Third-year student in high school or college
A student in the third year of high school or college (in the U.S.).
Error frecuente:
Learners may confuse 'junior' with 'freshman' or 'sophomore'. The order is freshman, sophomore, junior, senior.
Sinónimos
third-year student (A neutral descriptive term without regional specificity.)
Antónimos
senior (A student in their final year of study.)
Colocaciones
high school junior
|college junior
Temas
education
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- She’s a junior at Boston University.
- My son is a high school junior this year.
- Juniors can start applying for internships.
- As a junior, he took advanced classes.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I am a junior in college.
- She is a high school junior.
- He became a junior last year.
- Many juniors take part-time jobs.
Sustantivo
B1
entity
4
Person with lower position or rank
A person with a lower position than others at work or school.
Sinónimos
subordinate (More formal and often used in official contexts.)
Antónimos
senior (A person with higher rank or status.)
Colocaciones
train juniors
|mentor juniors
Temas
work
|hierarchy
|business
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- The seniors help train the juniors.
- She mentors juniors in the law firm.
- As a manager, you must guide your juniors.
- Juniors are expected to learn from seniors.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I help new juniors at work.
- Juniors learn from seniors.
- She trains juniors at the office.
- We have ten juniors in our team.
suffix
B2
relation
5
'Jr.' after a son's name with same name as father
'Junior' after a name shows the man has the same name as his father and is younger.
Error frecuente:
Learners may incorrectly use 'junior' without understanding it only applies when names are identical between parent and child.
Sinónimos
Jr. (The abbreviated form commonly used in writing.)
Temas
names
|relationships
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- Martin Luther King Junior was a civil rights leader.
- His name is John Smith Junior, after his father.
- The award went to Robert Downey Junior.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- My name is Paul Adams Junior.
- He is called James Brown Junior.
- His son is Michael Johnson Junior.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
junior
AFI
GB/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
US/d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
Sílabas y acento
ju - ni - or (3 sílabas)
Stress on 1st syllable (ju)
Formas de la palabra
Adjective
- Base: junior
Noun
- Base: junior
- Plural: juniors
Familia de palabras
Forms
juniors
noun
Negative and opposite forms
senior
adjective B1
Expresiones
be someone's junior
1/bˈi sˈʌmwˌʌnz d͡ʒˈunjɚ/
fixed phrase
Be lower in rank or younger than someone else
To have a lower position or be younger than another person.
Ejemplos
- She is my junior by two years at work.
- He is my junior by three ranks in the army.
junior high school
1/d͡ʒˈunjɚ hˈaɪ skˈul/
fixed phrase
School between elementary and high school
A school for students between elementary and high school, usually grades 7–9 in the U.S.
Ejemplos
- She teaches math at a junior high school.
- I met him when we were both in junior high school.