Synonyms for tertiary
ˈtɜr ʃiˌɛr i, -ʃə riter·tia·ry

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1. Tertiary, Tertiary periodadjective

   from 63 million to 2 million years ago

   Antonyms:
   cardinal

2. third, 3rd, tertiaryadjective

   coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

   Synonyms:
   third

   Antonyms:
   cardinal

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1. List of paraphrases for "tertiary":

   post-secondary, higher, third-level, superior, upper, third, high

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1. Karl Kraus:

   Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.

2. Chris Birdsong:

   Most large developers see real value (in green engineering). Second and tertiary developers may say, 'We don't see much', smaller developers want to do something quickly... Costs to them will be more than they ever want to bear.

3. Daniel Ives:

   They're going to continue to be a tertiary player in mobile unless something dramatically changes, nokia was that Hail Mary acquisition that was clearly a failure.

4. Doug Kass:

   With the stocks down so big, (it) seems to be an intermediate opportunity in the group, i'm trying to stick with Exxon, Chevron, Devon, the ones with rock-solid balance sheets. I'm not buying stocks down 16 to 17 percent, the secondary and tertiary companies.

5. Robert Mattes:

   Where governments do relatively simple things like invest in secondary and tertiary education, build good roads, and other development infrastructure like sewage systems and electricity grids, people are substantially better off.