secondary

secondary is a 9-letter English word with 17 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.
2. adjective. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.
3. adjective. Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.
4. adjective. Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.
5. adjective. Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
6. adjective. Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis.
7. noun. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London.
8. noun. A secondary circle.
9. noun. A satellite.
10. noun. A secondary quill.
11. noun. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
12. noun. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
13. adjective. belonging to a lower class or rank
14. adjective. not of major importance

    "played a secondary role in world events"

15. adjective. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

    "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"

    "a secondary source"

16. adjective. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

    "a secondary infection"

17. adjective. inferior in rank or status

    "the junior faculty"

    "a lowly corporal"

    Synonyms: lowly, petty, subaltern

Synonyms

lowly, petty, subaltern

Common word forms

secondaries, secondarily

Words from these letters

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