varsity UK /ˈvɑː.sɪ.ti/US /ˈvɑɹ.sɪ.ti/ noun2 •[before a noun] University. •(US) The principal sports team representing an institution (usually a high school, college, or university.)There were sixteen of them in all, for the most part upper classmen who had failed to make the varsity the year before, with a sprinkling of sophomores and two freshmen. — 1903 formsvarsities