| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
Synonyms: |
accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-fry, small-time, subject, subservient, subsidiary, substract, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant |
Antonyms: |
first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
Synonyms: |
auxiliary, borrowed, consequent, dependent, derivate, derivational, derived, developed, eventual, indirect, proximate, resultant, resulting, second-hand, subordinate, subsequent, subsidiary, vicarious |
Antonyms: |
causative, primary, source |
| Main Entry: | ancillary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra; supplementary |
Synonyms: |
accessory, accompanying, additional, adjuvant, appurtenant, attendant, attending, coincident, collateral, concomitant, contributory, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidary |
Antonyms: |
necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
Synonyms: |
abetting, accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, backup, complementary, contributory, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting |
Antonyms: |
body, main |
| Main Entry: | dependent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | weak, helpless |
Synonyms: |
abased, clinging, counting on, debased, defenseless, humbled, immature, indigent, inferior, lesser, minor, poor, reliant, relying on, secondary, subordinate, tied to apron strings, under, under thumb, unsustaining, vulnerable |
Antonyms: |
independent, mature, strong, unreliant |
| Main Entry: | derivative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borrowed, transmitted from source |
Synonyms: |
acquired, ancestral, caused, cognate, coming from, connate, copied, evolved, hereditary, imitative, inferential, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, uninventive, unoriginal |
Antonyms: |
inventive, original, unborrowed, unique |
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
Synonyms: |
Lilliputian, bush-league, dainty, insignificant, lesser, mini, miniature, minor, minor-league, neat, petite, second rate, secondary, small-fry, small-time, trim |
Antonyms: |
big, huge, large |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
Synonyms: |
closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
Synonyms: |
accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, by-the-way, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, contributing, contributory, fluke, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary |
Antonyms: |
basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, straightforward |