Secondary

/ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi/

Synonyms for "secondary" (374 found)

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Closest matches (75)

accessory accident accidental addendum addition additional adjunct adscititious adventitious advocate agentalter egoalternate alternative ambidextrousamicus curiaeanalogy ancillary appendage appurtenance

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appurtenant ascititious assistant associate attorney auxiliary backupbackup manbifacial bifold biform bilateral binary binate biparous bivalent borrowed casual champion change changelingchromatic circlechromatic spectrumchromaticity diagramcircumstantial cog collateralcolor circlecolor cyclecolor indexcolor mixture curvecolor solidcolor spectrumcolor systemcolor trianglecoming

Adjective(8 words)

ancillaryancillary dataancillary departmentauxiliaryauxiliary cohortauxiliary systembackupcircumstantial evidence

Noun(9 words)

ancillary objectiveasstauxiliary verbbackground featurebackgroundingbackup copy filebackup filebetabottom tier

Adverb(1 words)

astern

Verb(1 words)

backgrounded

Strong matches (112)

common commonality commonalty comparisoncomplementary colorconduplicate consequent contingency contingent copied copy counterfeit covert creature demeaning demitint dependent deputy derivational derivative

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derived dinky disadvantaged disomatous double double-faced dual dummy duple duplex duplicate employee equal equivalent ersatz eventual exchangeexecutive officerexponent extra fake feather feathers figurehead fill-in final flunky follower fortuitousfull colorfundamental colorsgeminate geminated ghost ghostwriter hacklehalf tinthalftone happenstance helperhoi polloihue cyclehumble imitated imitationin the shadeincidental indirect inessential inferiorinfra diginsignificantjanus likejanus-like junior last less lesser lieutenant lightweight little locumlocum tenenslour lowlow prioritylow-priority lowerlower classlower orderslowly mail makeshift marginal massesmaxwell trianglemere chance

Verb(1 words)

cribbed

Adjective(9 words)

delegatedderivative groupderivedderived formdiminished junior-grade lower-ranking lowlymain academic subject

Noun(5 words)

derived fromfallbackhelping verbhigh schoolhigh schools

Related words (187)

metamer metaphor metonymy minor mock modest monochromemunsell scalenext best thingno great shakesnonessential not-selfof no accountof no consequenceof no matterof no significanceordinary other outside paranymph

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pawn peripheral personnel phony pinchpinch hitterpleader plumagepoor relationprimaryprimary colorprocurator provisional proxypure colorrelief replacement representative reserve reserves resultantright hand manright-hand manringer scrub secondsecond fiddlesecond in commandsecond ranksecond stringsecondary colorsecondhand servant servile side sign smallsmall frysmall timesmall-fry small-timesolar spectrumspare sparesspectral colorspectrumspectrum colorspeculumstand instand-in stopgap sub subaltern subject subordinate subsequent subservient subsidiary substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superadded superaddition superfluous superseder supervenient supplanter supplement supplemental supplementary supporting supportive surrogate symbol synecdoche temporary tentative tertiarytertiary colorthird rankthird stringthird stringertoken tributary twin twinnedtwo facedtwo plytwo sidedtwo-faced two-level two-ply two-sided two-story twofold ultimate under underling underprivileged understrapper understudy unessential unimportant unoriginal utilityutility manutility playervicarvicar generalvicarious vicevice presidentvice-president vice-regent vicegerent vulgaryes manyes-man

Adjective(28 words)

minor aspectminor effectminor objectiveminor pointminor shoveminor statusnoncrucialnonessential materialnonexperimental analysisperipheral conceptperipheral moduleperipheral townpettysecond rank statussecondary circuitsecondary coilsecondary windingsecondhandside topicside-issue example

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smaller numbersubaltern subordinatesubordinate culturesubsidiarysupplementary feeding groundsupporting roleunimportant person

Verb(4 words)

outranked relegated subordinated subordinating

Noun(16 words)

peripheral nervous systemsecond level domainsecond position in listsecondary coilsecondary windingsegundo side slavesmall denominationsspanish menorspinoff suffragansupporting detailssupporting elementsupporting resultthe less

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7 relation types

More general

14 entries

circuit coil component data evidence formation importance information legislation level policy priority regulation system

More specific

15 entries

administrative ruleancillary functionauxiliary deviceauxiliary systembackup systemdelegated regulationimplementing guidelineredundant unitsecondary analysissecondary coilsecondary datasecondary pathsecondary sourcesecondary windingsubsidiary process

Collocations

11 entries

secondary analysissecondary circuitsecondary containmentsecondary datasecondary effectsecondary endpointsecondary power supplysecondary sidesecondary sourcesecondary systemsecondary winding

Inflections

3 entries

more secondarymost secondarysecondaries

Derivations

2 entries

secondarily secondariness

Antonyms

1 entries

primary

similar

25 entries

alternate alternative auxiliary collateral incident incidental indirect inessential junior low-level minor second-string secondhand standby subordinate subsidiary

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Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

помощен adj (acting by deputation)

Dutch

1 entries

plaatsvervangend adj (acting by deputation)

Polish

1 entries

pomocniczy adj (acting by deputation)

Spanish

1 entries

suplente adj (acting by deputation)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In my understanding, Robinson treats this element as secondary.

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Social relationships are secondary to this business.

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Must the woman always play the secondary role?

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Secondary education has two sides.

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