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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
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)
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)
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