tenured
tenured Lexical Profile
tenured Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Holding or guaranteed a permanent position of employment, especially as a teacher or university professor.
"The department hired two new lecturers and promoted one associate to a tenured professorship."
Having served in a role, organization, or profession for a long and established period of time.
"As the most tenured member of the engineering team, she often mentored newly hired graduates."
• verb
To grant permanent employment status or academic tenure to someone (past tense and past participle of 'tenure').
"The university board formally tenured three faculty members in the sciences last spring."
• Rhymes for tenured
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the noun and verb 'tenure' plus the suffix '-ed', ultimately deriving from Old French 'tenure' (a holding or feudal estate) and Latin 'tenere' (to hold).