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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | older or of higher rank |
| Synonyms: | chief, elder, higher, leading, major, more advanced, next higher, superior |
| Antonyms: | behind, inferior, junior |
| Main Entry: | college student |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person studying at institution of higher education |
| Synonyms: | first year student, grad student, graduate student, junior, senior, sophomore, undergrad, undergraduate student |
| Main Entry: | dean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leader of institution |
| Synonyms: | administrator, authority, dignitary, doyen, ecclesiastic, guide, lead, legislator, pilot, president, principal, professor, senior, tack |
| Antonyms: | pupil, student |
| Main Entry: | elder |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | born earlier |
| Synonyms: | ancient, earlier, first-born, more mature, older, senior |
| Notes: | elder is used when precedence with respect to birth order is the point; older is used when the point is seniority with respect to age |
| Antonyms: | last-born, younger, youngest |
| Main Entry: | elder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | older person |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, ancient, forebearer, golden ager, matriarch, old fogey, oldest, oldster, patriarch, senior, senior citizen, superior, veteran |
| Notes: | elder is used when precedence with respect to birth order is the point; older is used when the point is seniority with respect to age |
| Antonyms: | junior, minor, youngster, youth |
| Main Entry: | major |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bigger |
| Synonyms: | above, better, big, chief, considerable, dominant, elder, exceeding, extensive, extreme, greater, hefty, higher, large, large-scale, larger, leading, main, most, oversized, primary, senior, sizable, superior, supreme, ultra, upper, uppermost |
| Antonyms: | lesser, little, minor, small |
| Main Entry: | old |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advanced in age |
| Synonyms: | aged, along in years, ancient, broken down, debilitated, decrepit, elderly, enfeebled, exhausted, experienced, fossil, geriatric, getting on, gray, gray-haired, grizzled, hoary*, impaired, inactive, infirm, mature, matured, not young, olden, oldish, over the hill, past one's prime, seasoned, senile, senior, skilled, superannuated, tired, venerable, versed, veteran, wasted* |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, young, youthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | older |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most senior |
| Synonyms: | earlier, elder, eldest, first, first-born, former, lower, of a former period, of an earlier time, preceding, prior, senior |
| Notes: | elder is used when precedence with respect to birth order is the point; older is used when the point is seniority with respect to age |
| Antonyms: | younger |
| Main Entry: | old-timer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elderly person |
| Synonyms: | fossil, geezer, golden-ager, gramps, mossback, old dog, old hand, old soldier, senior, veteran, war-horse |
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