secondary
adjective
1. 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
Similar word(s): inessential, unessential, unoriginal, alternate, alternative, substitute, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, collateral, indirect, secondhand, standby, thirdhand, tributary, utility, vicarious
2. inferior in rank or status
Similar word(s): junior, lowly, petty, subaltern
3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
- a secondary infection
Similar word(s): incident, incidental
4. not of major importance
- played a secondary role in world events
Similar word(s): minor
5. belonging to a lower class or rank
Similar word(s): subordinate
Sentences with secondary as an adjective:
- Yellow is a secondary light color, though a primary CMYK color.
noun
1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
Definition categories: group, formation
2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
Definition categories: man–made, coil
Sentences with secondary as a noun:
- the secondary, or undersheriff, of the city of London