First Known Use: 1688
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1sophomore
noun soph·o·more \ˈsäf-ˌmȯr also ˈsȯf- or ˈsä-fə- or ˈsȯ-fə-\
: a student in the second year of high school or college
Full Definition of SOPHOMORE
: a student in the second year at college or a 4-year secondary school
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Origin of SOPHOMORE
perhaps from Greek sophos wise + mōros foolish
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2sophomore
adjective
Definition of SOPHOMORE
: being or associated with the second in a series <their sophomore album>
First Known Use of SOPHOMORE
1953
Rhymes with SOPHOMORE
abhor, adore, afore, and/or, as for, ashore, backdoor, bailor, bandore, Bangor, bedsore, before, bezoar, bookstore, box score, but for, call for, candor, captor, centaur, chain store, claymore, closed-door, cold sore, cold store, condor, Côte d'Or, decor, deplore, dime-store, Dior, done for, donor, downpour, drugstore, Dutch door, encore, ephor, explore, eyesore, fall for, feoffor, fetor, Fillmore, first floor, flexor, folklore, footsore, foreshore, fourscore, French door, full-bore, Gabor, galore, Glen More, go for, ground floor, gun for, hard-core, hog score, ichor, ignore, implore, Indore, indoor, in for, inshore, in-store, Kotor, Lahore, lakeshore, lector, lee shore, lessor, line score, look for, Luxor, memoir, mentor, Mysore, nearshore, Nestor, next-door, offshore, onshore, outdoor, outpour, phosphor, psywar, rancor, rapport, raptor, raw score, Realtor, restore, rhetor, savior, seafloor, seashore, sector, seignior, Senghor, senhor, sensor, settlor, Seymour, signor, smoothbore, s'more, soft-core, stand for, stentor, stertor, storm door, Strathmore, stressor, stridor, subfloor, swear for, Tagore, take for, temblor, tensor, therefor, therefore, threescore, Timor, trapdoor, turgor, uproar, vendor, what's more, wherefore, wild boar, woodlore, z-score
SOPHOMORE Defined for Kids
sophomore
noun soph·o·more \ˈsäf-ˌmȯr, ˈsä-fə-ˌmȯr\
Definition of SOPHOMORE for Kids
: a student in the second year of high school or college
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