junior

1. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.comparablenot-comparableusually

2. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.Examples: "Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information."; "Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature."; "There she is: Lady Margaret Hall, eight years junior to me, exhibitioner where I was top scholar, and reading French. (Not veterinary science.)"not-comparableusually

3. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.Examples: "Though our first Studies and junior Endeavours may stile us Peripateticks, Stoicks, or Academicks, yet I perceive the wisest Heads prove at last, almost all Scepticks […]"not-comparableusually

4. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh grade) or university.USnot-comparableusually

5. (not comparable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Of or pertaining to the latter half of primary school education.Examples: "Only about half of the schools had a single closing time, while the others organized different times for their infant and junior children."CommonwealthIrelandUKnot-comparableusually

6. (sports, US, Canada) Of or pertaining to a league or competition limited to players below a certain age or level of experience.Examples: "junior hockey"CanadaUSnot-comparableusually