noun / adjective
junior
A student in the third year of high school or college.
The junior begins planning for the final year of high school.
Etymology
The Latin comparative means younger. In the school sequence, junior places a student below the senior class while above the earlier stages.
More examples
- She is a junior at the university.
- The juniors organized the spring dance.
- He took the course during his junior year.
Forms
junior · juniors
Similar words
- underclassman
- Usually a student in the earlier years, rather than a junior.