junior
adjective
[ ˈdʒuːnɪə ]
• for or denoting young or younger people.
• "junior tennis"
Similar:
younger,
youngest,
• low or lower in rank or status.
• "a junior minister"
Similar:
low-ranking,
lower-ranking,
subordinate,
sub-,
lesser,
lower,
minor,
secondary,
inferior,
beneath,
under,
junior
noun
• a person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.
• "he's five years her junior"
• a person with low rank or status compared with others.
• "an office junior"
Origin:
Middle English (as an adjective following a family name): from Latin, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
