third-year

1. 1.

   used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

   “the junior class”

   “a third-year student”

   Synonymsjuniornext-to-last

   Similarintermediate

Questions about third-year

What does third-year mean?

third-year means "used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college".

How many syllables are in third-year?

third-year has 3 syllables: thir-d-y-ear. The stress falls on "thir".

What is another word for third-year?

Close synonyms include junior, next-to-last. 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 third-year a common word?

third-year is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.