seniority

Other forms of seniority

plural

seniorities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about seniority

What does seniority mean?

seniority means "higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in seniority?

seniority has 4 syllables: se-nio-ri-ty. The stress falls on "nio". In IPA it is /siˈnjɔɹɪti/.

What is another word for seniority?

Close synonyms include senior status, higher status, higher rank, longevity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is seniority a common word?

seniority is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.