Head and Junior

Head

Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has hired and fired innumerable staff members

Junior is an antonym for head.

Junior

Junior noun - One who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another.
Usage example: she's his junior in the company

Head is an antonym for junior.

Both words in one sentence

  • Damsel in Distress In City of Heroes there is a junior heroine, Fusionette, who is constantly getting in over her head, captured and needing rescuing.
  • Film / George of the Jungle He has Junior, and Ursula (coconut falls on his head, unfazed)...and really strong head.
  • Manga / Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun Reversed with Hori and Kashima — Hori stopped growing while still in junior high, resulting in Kashima being half a head taller than him.
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