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senior

n. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

elder, senior

n. a person who is older than you are

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senior

adj. older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service; "senior officer"

aged, elderly, older, senior

adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

patriarch

n. a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself

ruler, swayer

n. a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"

superior, higher-up, superordinate

n. one of greater rank or station or quality

old, older

adj. skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

patriarchal

adj. relating to or characteristic of a man who is older or higher in rank

advanced, ripe

adj. far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"

aged(a), of age(p)

adj. having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"

aging, ageing, senescent

adj. growing old

ancient

adj. very old; "an ancient mariner"

anile

adj. of or like a feeble old woman

centenarian

adj. being at least 100 years old

doddering, doddery, gaga, senile

adj. mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was doddering and frail"

emeritus

adj. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'

grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired

adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"

nonagenarian

adj. being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home"

octogenarian

adj. being from 80 to 89 years old

oldish

adj. somewhat elderly

overage, overaged, superannuated, over-the-hill

adj. too old to be useful; "He left the house...for the support of twelve superannuated wool carders"- Anthony Trollope

retired, superannuated

adj. discharged as too old for use or work; especially with a pension; "a superannuated civil servant"

sexagenarian

adj. being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing"

venerable

adj. impressive by reason of age; "a venerable sage with white hair and beard"

year-old

adj. having reached an age as specified: "a two-year-old toddler"

junior

n. a third-year undergraduate

junior

adj. younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

young, immature

adj. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"

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