sophomore

[ sof-uh-mawr, -mohr; sof-mawr, -mohr ]
/ ˈsɒf əˌmɔr, -ˌmoʊr; ˈsɒf mɔr, -moʊr /
SEE SYNONYMS FOR sophomore ON THESAURUS.COM

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.

QUIZZES

DON’T VACILLATE! VANQUISH THIS WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ!

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!
Question 1 of 7
What does “vacillate” mean?
to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute.
to cause to be empty or unoccupied.
to assent tacitly; agree; consent.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of sophomore

1645–55; earlier sophumer, probably equivalent to sophumsophism + -er1

OTHER WORDS FROM sophomore

pre·soph·o·more, adjective

Words nearby sophomore

sophisticated, sophistication, sophistry, sophists, Sophocles, sophomore, sophomoric, Sophonias, sophrosyne, Sophy, sopor
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Words related to sophomore

inexperienced, undergraduate, senior, learner, student, scholar, pupil, junior, graduate, freshman, satellite, adherent, tenderfoot, beginner, novice, neophyte, brain, follower, bookworm, attendant

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) secondher sophomore album

Word Origin for sophomore

C17: perhaps from earlier sophumer, from sophum, variant of sophism + -er 1
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012