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

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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?”

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

The sophomore tight end slowed just before the third-down snap, as if to prepare to run block, then took off sprinting into the flat.

From Los Angeles Times

Last season, as a sophomore in his first year playing high school football, Staples had 13 sacks.

From Los Angeles Times

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