• Dictionary
  • Word comparison: varsity vs. junior varsity

varsity vs. junior varsity

varsity

noun

plural

varsities 

  1. any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like.

    He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.

  2. Chiefly British Informal.,  university.

adjective

  1. of or relating to a university or school team, activity, or competition.

    a varsity debater.

junior varsity

noun

Sports.

  1. a university, college, or school team that consists of players who lack the qualifications or skill necessary for the varsity and compete against other teams of similar composition or ability.