sophomore

[sof-uh-mawr, -mohr, sof-mawr, -mohr]

noun

1. a student in the second year of high school or college.

2. a person or group in the second year of any endeavor.

   He's a sophomore on Wall Street.

adjective

1. of or relating to a sophomore.

2. of or being a second effort or second version.

   Their sophomore album was even better than their first.

sophomore

/ ˈsɒfəˌmɔː /

noun

1. a second-year student at a secondary (high) school or college

adjective

1. (of a book, recording, etc by an artist) second

   her sophomore album

Other Word Forms

• presophomore adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sophomore¹

1645–55; earlier sophumer, probably equivalent to sophum sophism + -er ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of sophomore¹

C17: perhaps from earlier sophumer, from sophum, variant of _sophism + _-er ¹

Example Sentences

The only one that didn’t came as a sophomore.

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Also contributing has been sophomore defensive lineman Jeremiah Alexander, who was playing drums in the school band at this time last year.

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As a sophomore, she won the Wooden Award, the Naismith Trophy, Big Ten Player of the Year and became the first USC player ever named the Associated Press player of the year.

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The “Bodak Yellow” singer managed to squeeze in a meet-and-greet event at the store to commemorate last week’s release of her sophomore album, “Am I the Drama?”

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“And I look at him like, ‘You mean that sophomore receiver who was the best player on the field?’

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