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 Words From

• pre·sopho·more 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

Related Words

• graduate
• junior
• pupil
• scholar
• undergraduate