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Senior

More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel.

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Elder 84% connected

Older; more aged, or existing longer.

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Elder 84% connected

Older; more aged, or existing longer.

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Last 84% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Major 84% connected

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

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Major 84% connected

Greater in number, quantity, or extent; as, the major part of the assembly; the major part of the revenue; the major part of the territory.

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Old 84% connected

Open country.

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Precedential 84% connected

Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.

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Precedential 84% connected

Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.

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Ranking 84% connected

of Rank

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Ranking 84% connected

of Rank

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Superior 84% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Superior 84% connected

More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Undergraduate 76% connected

A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 1

Dean 76% connected

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.

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Seniority 74% connected

The quality or state of being senior.

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Seniority 74% connected

The quality or state of being senior.

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See also 2

Old 66% connected

Open country.

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Old 66% connected

Open country.

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Attribute 2

Seniority 66% connected

The quality or state of being senior.

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Seniority 66% connected

The quality or state of being senior.

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Synonym 3

Aged 92% connected

of Age

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Elder 92% connected

Older; more aged, or existing longer.

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Elderly 92% connected

Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people.

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Antonym 2

Junior 94% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 94% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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