senior

/ˈsiːnjə(r)/adjective

Relating to the last year of study at a high school or university.

Example sentence

“During her senior year she applied to six different colleges.”

In job titles it marks higher rank: senior engineer. 'Senior citizen' is the polite fixed phrase for an older person.

Related words

elderlyFairly old; describing a person who has reached the later years of life.adolescentA young person who has passed puberty but has not yet become an adult.forefatherA relative from generations long past; an ancestor.youthThe early stage of life after childhood and before full adulthood; sometimes the whole period from infancy to becoming an adult.descendantA person who comes from a particular ancestor, no matter how many generations later.childA young person who has not yet grown into an adult.