SECONDARY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
   Synonym(s)
   • secondary coil (what does secondary coil mean?)
   • secondary winding (what does secondary winding mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) secondary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • coil (what does coil mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
   Hypernyms(s) secondary is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • formation (what does formation mean?)

SECONDARY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • belonging to a lower class or rank
   Similar To
   • subordinate (what does subordinate mean?)
   • low-level (what does low-level mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not of major importance
   Usage Example(s)
   • played a secondary role in world events
   Similar To
   • minor (what does minor mean?)
3. Meaning
   • of second rank or importance or value
   • not direct or immediate
   Usage Example(s)
   • the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher
   • a secondary source
   • a secondary issue
   • secondary streams
   Antonym(s)
   • primary (what does primary mean?)
   Similar To
   • alternate (what does alternate mean?)
   • alternative (what does alternative mean?)
   • auxiliary (what does auxiliary mean?)
   • subsidiary (what does subsidiary mean?)
   • supplemental (what does supplemental mean?)
   • supplementary (what does supplementary mean?)
   • collateral (what does collateral mean?)
   • indirect (what does indirect mean?)
   • secondhand (what does secondhand mean?)
   • second-string (what does second-string mean?)
   • substitute(a) (what does substitute(a) mean?)
   • standby (what does standby mean?)
   • tributary (what does tributary mean?)
   • utility(a) (what does utility(a) mean?)
   • substitute(a) (what does substitute(a) mean?)
   • vicarious (what does vicarious mean?)
   • thirdhand (what does thirdhand mean?)
   See Also
   • inessential (what does inessential mean?)
   • unessential (what does unessential mean?)
   • unoriginal (what does unoriginal mean?)
4. Meaning
   • depending on or incidental to what is original or primary
   Usage Example(s)
   • a secondary infection
   Similar To
   • incidental (what does incidental mean?)
   • incident (what does incident mean?)
5. Meaning
   • inferior in rank or status
   Synonym(s)
   • inferior (what does inferior mean?)
   • junior-grade (what does junior-grade mean?)
   • lower (what does lower mean?)
   • lower-ranking (what does lower-ranking mean?)
   • lowly (what does lowly mean?)
   • petty(a) (what does petty(a) mean?)
   • subaltern (what does subaltern mean?)
   • subordinate (what does subordinate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the junior faculty
   • a lowly corporal
   • petty officialdom
   • a subordinate functionary
   Similar To
   • junior (what does junior mean?)