sophomore
[ sof-uh-mawr, -mohr; sof-mawr, -mohr ]
/ ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr; ˈsɒf mɔr, -moʊr /
noun
a student in the second year of high school or college.
a person or group in the second year of any endeavor: He's a sophomore on Wall Street.
adjective
of or relating to a sophomore.
of or being a second effort or second version: Their sophomore album was even better than their first.
OTHER WORDS FROM sophomore
pre·soph·o·more, adjectiveWords nearby sophomore
sophisticated,
sophistication,
sophistry,
sophists,
sophocles,
sophomore,
sophomoric,
sophonias,
sophrosyne,
sophy,
sopor
British Dictionary definitions for sophomore
sophomore
/ (ˈsɒfəˌmɔː) /
noun
mainly US and Canadian
a second-year student at a secondary (high) school or college
adjective
(of a book, recording, etc by an artist) second
her sophomore album
Word Origin for sophomore
C17: perhaps from earlier
sophumer, from
sophum, variant of
sophism +
-er
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