Junior
adjective
A younger person or the younger of two people.
My junior brother is two years younger than me
Often appears as...
- junior brother
- junior sister
adjective
Lower in rank.
He's a junior manager at the company
Often appears as...
- junior manager
- junior officer
noun
A person who is younger than another.
She has two juniors at school
Often appears as...
- school junior
- office junior
suffix
Used to distinguish a son with the same full name as his father.
Martin Luther King Junior
adjective
Refers to schooling for students in grades 7-9.
She teaches junior high school
Often appears as...
- junior high school
- junior grades
Usage tips
American English
adjective
A younger person or the younger of two people.
My junior brother is two years younger than me
Often appears as...
- junior brother
- junior sister
adjective
Lower in rank.
He's a junior manager at the company
Often appears as...
- junior manager
- junior officer
noun
A person who is younger than another.
She has two juniors at school
Often appears as...
- school junior
- office junior
suffix
Used to distinguish a son with the same full name as his father.
Martin Luther King Junior
adjective
Refers to schooling for students in grades 7-9.
She teaches junior high school
Often appears as...
- junior high school
- junior grades
Usage tips
American English
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Family Hierarchy
Highlights relative age in a family; 'junior' indicates a younger member.
This is Laura, my junior cousin.
Pro Tip 2/2Informal
In casual settings, 'junior' can affectionately refer to someone younger.
Hey junior, ready for the game?
Pro Tip 1/2Family Hierarchy
Highlights relative age in a family; 'junior' indicates a younger member.
This is Laura, my junior cousin.
Pro Tip 2/2Informal
In casual settings, 'junior' can affectionately refer to someone younger.
Hey junior, ready for the game?
Pro Tip 1/2Family Hierarchy
Highlights relative age in a family; 'junior' indicates a younger member.
This is Laura, my junior cousin.
Pro Tip 2/2Informal
In casual settings, 'junior' can affectionately refer to someone younger.
Hey junior, ready for the game?
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Blueprint for a quiet...
out and sharing their own stories of accepting their introversion for the first time and those stories changed the course of my life so I'm going to tell you all about that but first I want to share just a few of these stories ok um high school junior in Kansas who was desperately trying to twist herself into a pretzel trying to be a leader but she
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2016 Breakthrough Junior...
engage in the idea that you're really excited about you start to understand it in a deeper way than ever before that allows you to both internalize and share with other people it's always better to know things rather than not to know them there's no limit to what your video can be like we want the breakthrough junior
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Charmian Gooch: Meet...
So let's go back to some of those people I talked about earlier. Now, they're all people we've investigated, and they're all people who couldn't do what they do alone. Take Obiang junior. Well, he didn't end up with high-end art and luxury houses without help. He did business with global banks.
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The magic ingredient...
In my junior year, my computer graphics professor showed us these wonderful short films. It was the first computer animation any of us had ever seen. I watched these films in wonder, transfixed, fireworks going off in my head, thinking, "That is what I want to do with my life."
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Grit: the power of...
I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,
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The strongest predictor...
I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic
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Creative houses from...
identify with and so you see this in junior high a lot those kids they'll work all summer long kill themselves so that they can afford one pair of designer jeans so along about September they can stride in and go I'm important
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A story of mixed...
I'm like a junior varsity cheerleader sometimes -- for swearing, awkward silences, and very simple rhyme schemes. Right now, talking to you, I'm not even really a guy. I'm a monkey -- blowing kisses
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Dolphin Parenting PIPE...
on her tail so does her cow come on parents don't you wish you could get this kind of cooperation of all the skills that mom has to teach junior the most important one is how to find
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Playful Adult Gorilla PIPE...
at the moment she is particularly interested in a 15 year old junior silverback marimbo an ape at a crossroads in his life marimbo is really at that age where he needs to start
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Blueprint for a quiet...
out and sharing their own stories of accepting their introversion for the first time and those stories changed the course of my life so I'm going to tell you all about that but first I want to share just a few of these stories ok um high school junior in Kansas who was desperately trying to twist herself into a pretzel trying to be a leader but she
Video examples
2016 Breakthrough Junior...
engage in the idea that you're really excited about you start to understand it in a deeper way than ever before that allows you to both internalize and share with other people it's always better to know things rather than not to know them there's no limit to what your video can be like we want the breakthrough junior
Video examples
Charmian Gooch: Meet...
So let's go back to some of those people I talked about earlier. Now, they're all people we've investigated, and they're all people who couldn't do what they do alone. Take Obiang junior. Well, he didn't end up with high-end art and luxury houses without help. He did business with global banks.
Video examples
The magic ingredient...
In my junior year, my computer graphics professor showed us these wonderful short films. It was the first computer animation any of us had ever seen. I watched these films in wonder, transfixed, fireworks going off in my head, thinking, "That is what I want to do with my life."
Video examples
Grit: the power of...
I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,
Video examples
The strongest predictor...
I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic
Video examples
Creative houses from...
identify with and so you see this in junior high a lot those kids they'll work all summer long kill themselves so that they can afford one pair of designer jeans so along about September they can stride in and go I'm important
Video examples
A story of mixed...
I'm like a junior varsity cheerleader sometimes -- for swearing, awkward silences, and very simple rhyme schemes. Right now, talking to you, I'm not even really a guy. I'm a monkey -- blowing kisses
Video examples
Dolphin Parenting PIPE...
on her tail so does her cow come on parents don't you wish you could get this kind of cooperation of all the skills that mom has to teach junior the most important one is how to find
Video examples
Playful Adult Gorilla PIPE...
at the moment she is particularly interested in a 15 year old junior silverback marimbo an ape at a crossroads in his life marimbo is really at that age where he needs to start
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Tucker Halpern
American Athlete
I dedicated most of my life to basketball, and that was my plan until my junior year of college when I got ill and was bed-ridden for eight months. In those months, I wanted to be productive, and I taught myself how to produce music on my computer. When I went back to school, I started taking all my classes in music and DJing a lot.
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Noelle Stevenson
American Artist
I was a junior at school, and I had just taken my first comics class, and we were doing an exercise for this other class where we had to create our own characters,and 'Nimona' just kind of came out of that. I decided that I liked her so much that I wanted to do a comic with her.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.
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Josh Groban
American Musician
I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.
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Josh Allen
American Athlete
I had to decide if I was going to try a junior college or walk on somewhere. I even thought about changing sports. But I eventually decided that football was my passion.
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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
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Kelly Olynyk
Canadian Athlete
I grew six, seven inches in junior year of high school, so I played guard my whole life growing up. So I think there's where I got my skill set from.
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Ryan Howard
American Athlete
I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.
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Stephen Furst
American Actor
The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.
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Shannon Bream
American Journalist
Miss America paid for my junior and senior years in college.
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Tucker Halpern
American Athlete
I dedicated most of my life to basketball, and that was my plan until my junior year of college when I got ill and was bed-ridden for eight months. In those months, I wanted to be productive, and I taught myself how to produce music on my computer. When I went back to school, I started taking all my classes in music and DJing a lot.
Quote examples
Noelle Stevenson
American Artist
I was a junior at school, and I had just taken my first comics class, and we were doing an exercise for this other class where we had to create our own characters,and 'Nimona' just kind of came out of that. I decided that I liked her so much that I wanted to do a comic with her.
Quote examples
Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
Just about this time, when in imagination I was so great a warrior, I had good use in real life for more strength, as I was no longer taken to school by the nurse, but instead had myself to protect my brother, two years my junior.
Quote examples
Josh Groban
American Musician
I did improv in junior high school. Figuring out my comedic timing helped my confidence in talking to the bullies and talking to people in class. If I could make them laugh, then I was in; I was OK.
Quote examples
Josh Allen
American Athlete
I had to decide if I was going to try a junior college or walk on somewhere. I even thought about changing sports. But I eventually decided that football was my passion.
Quote examples
Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
Seeing my name in the newspapers after winning the national junior championship motivated me to win more medals and I have never looked back since then.
Quote examples
Kelly Olynyk
Canadian Athlete
I grew six, seven inches in junior year of high school, so I played guard my whole life growing up. So I think there's where I got my skill set from.
Quote examples
Ryan Howard
American Athlete
I was perceived to be a first- to third-rounder. I kind of had a tough junior year and fell to the fifth round. At that time, it was motivational.
Quote examples
Stephen Furst
American Actor
The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.
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Shannon Bream
American Journalist
Miss America paid for my junior and senior years in college.
Example 1 of 10
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