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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How to use secondary in a sentence?

1. Lily Wong:

   Compared to the 2014 Umbrella Movement, more women were accepted on the frontlines in 2019, which was a big change, although issues like gender were secondary, I think these secondary issues still progressed.

2. Rebekah Bowling:

   For me the biggest surprise is that the artists want to work with the auction houses directly. We’ve always been in the secondary market, the traditional structure has been upended.

3. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   Now we do not have that secondary protection, we don’t have that strategy and depth, and the agency made this decision because they failed to prepare for what was coming.

4. Anna Kireeva:

   Large Chinese businesses are wary about secondary sanctions and are cautious about dealing with the Russian entities under sanctions or with the Russian market in general.

5. Karl Kraus:

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