Synonyms for secondary
ˈsɛk ənˌdɛr isec·onda·ry

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1. secondary

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, inferior, minor, unimportant, resultant, induced

   Antonyms:
   primary, leading, important, prominent

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1. secondarynoun

   the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

   Synonyms:
   secondary winding, secondary coil

   Antonyms:
   special, capital, major, primary, firsthand, first-string, basic, dominant, original, senior, particular, direct

2. secondary coil, secondary winding, secondaryadjective

   coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

   Synonyms:
   secondary winding, secondary coil

   Antonyms:
   direct, particular, special, basic, senior, firsthand, capital, primary, dominant, original, first-string, major

3. secondaryadjective

   being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

   "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"

   Synonyms:
   lowly, lower-ranking, junior-grade, subaltern, petty(a)

   Antonyms:
   basic, original, primary, dominant, special, senior, particular, first-string, capital, direct, major, firsthand

4. junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a), secondary, subalternadjective

   inferior in rank or status

   "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

   Antonyms:
   dominant, major, direct, special, firsthand, particular, capital, primary, senior, original, first-string, basic

5. secondaryadjective

   depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

   "a secondary infection"

   Synonyms:
   lowly, lower-ranking, junior-grade, subaltern, petty(a)

   Antonyms:
   dominant, firsthand, capital, direct, senior, particular, primary, special, first-string, basic, major, original

6. secondaryadjective

   not of major importance

   "played a secondary role in world events"

   Synonyms:
   lowly, lower-ranking, junior-grade, subaltern, petty(a)

   Antonyms:
   direct, primary, special, major, firsthand, original, first-string, basic, capital, senior, dominant, particular

7. secondaryadjective

   belonging to a lower class or rank

   Synonyms:
   lowly, lower-ranking, junior-grade, subaltern, petty(a)

   Antonyms:
   direct, major, senior, capital, original, particular, dominant, basic, primary, first-string, firsthand, special

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1. secondaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, inferior, not primary, not first-rate, not of the first order

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1. secondaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, second, inferior, minor, collateral

2. secondarynoun

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, deputy, delegate, proxy, underling, auxiliary

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1. List of paraphrases for "secondary":

   secondaire, side, minor, secondary-level, secundaria, sublocation, secondary-school, output, high, high-school, secondaires, second-hand, coarse, medium, ancillary, second, derivative, sub-location, child, subordinate, secondhand, follower, school, second-round, incidental, subsidiary, sub

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1. Simon Lowden:

   It's a complex picture, certainly, you have to think about transport, secondary packaging, time in store, all those considerations come into play.

2. Phil Fischer:

   Individual investors chase returns. When we have negative returns, as we have with this volatility, we'll get outflows, they have not been so large as to change the pricing in the secondary market.

3. Edward M. Berckman:

   We are meant to be addicted to God, but we develop secondary addictions that temporarily appear to fix our problem.

4. Michael Ryan:

   We haven't seen secondary transmission in Goma - and it represents a huge credit to the teams on the ground in a city the size of Goma that we are approaching the end of the observation period for all of the contacts with no evidence of further transmission within the metropolitan area.

5. George Floyd:

   We weren’t watching the news, so we don’t know what was going on. We were really just locked in on the case. There was so much stress coming through the case. Those things are so secondary because you’re literally, throughout the trial you’re watching someone die on a daily basis. That stress alone is enough to take your mind away from whatever’s going on outside of the four walls of the courtroom.