SOPHOMORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sophomore mean? 

• SOPHOMORE (noun)
  The noun SOPHOMORE has 1 sense:

1. a second-year undergraduate

  Familiarity information: SOPHOMORE used as a noun is very rare.

• SOPHOMORE (adjective)
  The adjective SOPHOMORE has 1 sense:

1. used of the second year in United States high school or college

  Familiarity information: SOPHOMORE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOPHOMORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A second-year undergraduate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

soph; sophomore

Hypernyms ("sophomore" is a kind of...):

lowerclassman; underclassman (an undergraduate who is not yet a senior)

Derivation:

sophomore (used of the second year in United States high school or college)

• SOPHOMORE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used of the second year in United States high school or college

Synonyms:

second-year; sophomore

Context example:

his sophomore year

Similar:

intermediate (lying between two extremes in time or space or state)

Derivation:

sophomore (a second-year undergraduate)