seniors

noun

plural of senior
1
as in ancestors
one who is older than another since the man next door is my senior by a number of years, I always address him as "Mr. Barton"

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2
as in superiors
one who is above another in rank, station, or office the young attorney benefited from the mentorship of one of his seniors at the firm

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3
as in elders
the senior member of a group when he retires, she will be the senior on the faculty

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4
as in adults
a person of advanced years weekday movie matinees are often popular with seniors

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Recent Examples of seniors This said, for some seniors and disabled folks, $50 a month is still a big expense. — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Admission is $18 general, $15 seniors/students/military, and free for children 18 and under. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026 Her executive order plans to extend cooling center hours, keep water services flowing throughout communities, while checking in on the most vulnerable communities, such as seniors. — Julia Avant, CBS News, 2 July 2026 South Carolina is no different; South Carolinian seniors also faced a 16% increase in suicides over the same time period, The State reported. — Eva Flowe june 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026 Those resources include avenues to help seniors maintain regular exercise, ongoing positive social connections, appropriate living situations, transportation and more. — Rachel Brown Kirkland, AJC.com, 2 July 2026 Some, Book noted, entered the new permanent supportive housing projects the Trust stood up this year — including Hideaway on the Bay in Cutler Bay, where 70-plus formerly homeless seniors now live. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Amid a budget deficit earlier this year, City Council members Lisa Kaplan and Karina Talamantes proposed the city cancel plans to build a tiny home shelter for homeless seniors in North Natomas. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Prior to this new Medicare pilot, seniors who wanted to access GLP-1s for obesity alone paid about $1,350-$1,650 per month for Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy (semaglutide) and about $1,086 monthly for Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide). — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seniors
  1. ancestors
  2. superiors
  3. elders
  4. adults
  5. bosses
  6. veterans
  7. geriatrics
  8. deans
Noun
  • Kean comes from a long line of public servants, stretching 250 years to the country’s founding when one of his ancestors became New Jersey’s first leader since independence.
    — Mike Catalini, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • The driving force for the tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must unapologetically tell their own story, something their ancestors couldn’t do.
    — Julie Carr Smyth, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of ancestors
Noun
  • For example, women athletes are routinely portrayed as emotional, powerless, and reliant on their coaches or superiors, resulting in their infantilization, all while their men athlete counterparts are framed as rational and confident.
    — Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The investigation, according to the archives, cited several factors as contributing to the tragedy, including Holland’s disregard of procedures, the failure of superiors to take previous action and the inadequate preparation of crew members aboard the doomed plane.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 16 June 2026
Definition of superiors
Noun
  • While choosing the layout, the tribe hosted listening sessions with community members and elders.
    — Sarah Liese, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • More important for the purposes of the Social Media Minimum Age’s failure is that Aussie youth undeniably know technology better than do their elders in Parliament.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of elders
Noun
  • Jama chants echoed through the park while children danced alongside adults and passing pedestrians stopped to watch.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.
    — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of adults
Noun
  • His job was to cut and paste responses from scripts his scam bosses generated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
  • Some bosses are demanding, disorganized or poor communicators but still want their teams to succeed.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of bosses
Noun
  • The America250 website lists nonprofit organizations, including those that focus on civic engagement, education, housing, conservation and veterans, that people can donate to.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Two veterans go face to face in Portugal’s match against Croatia in Toronto.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • Now, thanks entirely to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the scales are tipping back towards the geriatrics.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
    — Raya Elfadel Kheirbek, Washington Post, 17 May 2026
Definition of geriatrics
Noun
  • Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Lloyd was born in Berkeley and raised in Lafayette by his parents, Lester Lloyd, one of the deans of the San Francisco printing industry, and Mildred Lloyd, a librarian at Stanley Middle School.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Definition of deans

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