seniors

nounolder person

Synonyms for seniors

noun older person

Antonyms for seniors

Word Origin & History

late 13c., from Latin senior "older," comparative of senex (genitive senis) "old," from PIE root *sen- "old" (see senile). Original use in English was as an addition to a personal name indicating "the father" when father and son had the same name; meaning "higher in rank, longer in service" first recorded 1510s.

The Latin word yielded titles of respect in many languages, cf. French sire, Spanish señor, Portuguese senhor, Italian signor. Senior citizen first recorded 1938, American English.

Example Sentences for seniors

The other three seniors, attracted by the scene, came back, and waited with Gaunt.

They had been too wise to allow it to come to the knowledge of the seniors.

Bashful or bold then, he will know how to make us seniors very unnecessary.

But from these formidable censors I shall appeal to my seniors.

She's playing while Madge teaches some of the other seniors how to dance the latest step.

Her seniors in point of time, they have been outdistanced in the race for Balkan hegemony.

The seniors were not ambitious to shine as basket-ball stars.

Great laughter among the Seniors, and signs of dissension in the Den.

“Pity to stop it,” said Birket, who reported the state of the matter to the seniors.

The two seniors read it with a gravity which scarcely seemed genuine.