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senior

n. an undergraduate student during the year preceding graduation

elder

n. a person who is older than you are

senior

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

fourth-year

adj. used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom"

aged, older, elderly

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"

elder, older, sr.

adj. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."

graybeard, patriarch

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

ruler

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

superordinate, superior, higher-up

n. one of greater rank or station or quality

old, older

adj. old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

patriarchal

adj. characteristic of a form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line

old

adj. (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

antepenultimate

adj. third from last

terminal, endmost

adj. being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable"

parting, Parthian

adj. delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte

penultimate, next-to-last

adj. next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"

subterminal

adj. near but not precisely at an end; "a subterminal band of color on the tail feathers"

sunset

adj. providing for termination; "a program with a sunset provision"

ultimate

adj. being the last or concluding element of a series; "the ultimate sonata of that opus"; "a distinction between the verb and noun senses of `conflict' is that in the verb the stress is on the ultimate (or last) syllable"

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, of age

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

gaga, doddering, senile

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

retired, emeritus

adj. honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'; `retired from assigned duties' need not imply that one is inactive

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

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

superannuated, overage, overaged

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"

major

adj. of the elder of two boys with the same family name; "Jones major"

precedential

adj. having precedence (especially because of longer service); "precedential treatment for senior members of the firm"

superior, ranking, higher-ranking

adj. having a higher rank; "superior officer"

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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