sophomore
Americannoun
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a student in the second year of high school or college.
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a person or group in the second year of any endeavor.
He's a sophomore on Wall Street.
adjective
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of or relating to a sophomore.
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of or being a second effort or second version.
Their sophomore album was even better than their first.
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
- presophomore adjective
Etymology
Origin of sophomore
1645–55; earlier sophumer, probably equivalent to sophum sophism + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Before his sophomore season, Knueppel was scoring 30 points a game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Freshman Zach Strickland and sophomore Easton Hawk combined for three hitless innings to finish out the victory.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
“You Seem Pretty Sad” comes two and a half years after the release of her sophomore album, “Guts.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
One South Sudanese sophomore at Bates College in Maine was stopped from boarding her flight back to the U.S. the day after the ban was announced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
A video of Gillian had gotten around our sophomore year.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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