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| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate; less important |
| Synonyms: | accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, bush-league*, collateral, consequential, contingent, dependent, dinky*, extra, inferior, insignificant, lesser, lower, minor, petty, relief, reserve, second, second-rate, small, small-time*, subject, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, trivial, under, unimportant, inconsiderable, minor-league, small-fry, substract |
| Antonyms: | first-class, first-rate, important, primary, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
| Synonyms: | auxiliary, borrowed, consequent, dependent, developed, eventual, indirect, proximate, subordinate, subsequent, subsidiary, vicarious, derivate, derivational, derived, resultant, resulting, second-hand |
| Antonyms: | primary, source, causative |
| Main Entry: | ancillary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extra; supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, accompanying, additional, attendant, coincident, collateral, concomitant, incident, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, adjuvant, appurtenant, attending, contributory, subsidary |
| Antonyms: | necessary, needed |
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, backup, complementary, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, abetting, adjuvant, appurtenant, contributory |
| Antonyms: | body, main |
| Main Entry: | derivative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | borrowed, transmitted from source |
| Synonyms: | acquired, ancestral, cognate, copied, hereditary, imitative, inferential, secondary, secondhand, subordinate, unoriginal, caused, coming from, connate, evolved, inferred, not original, obtained, plagiaristic, plagiarized, procured, rehashed, uninventive |
| Antonyms: | inventive, original, unique, unborrowed |
| Main Entry: | dinky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tiny, small |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, dainty, insignificant, lesser, miniature, minor, neat, petite, secondary, small-time*, trim, Lilliputian, mini, minor-league, second rate, small-fry |
| Antonyms: | big, huge, large |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
| Synonyms: | conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, ending, ensuing, final, hindmost, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, secondary, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious, closing, down the pike, down the road, endmost, in the cards, resulting, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | past |
| Main Entry: | incidental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | related; minor |
| Synonyms: | accidental, accompanying, adventitious, ancillary, attendant, casual, chance, circumstantial, coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, contingent, fluke*, fortuitous, irregular, nonessential, occasional, odd, random, secondary, subordinate, subsidiary, by-the-way, contributing, contributory |
| Antonyms: | basic, essential, fundamental, important, vital |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long-winded*, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, rambling, secondary, serpentine*, sinister, sinuous, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag, circumlocutory, long way home, long-drawn-out, periphrastic, sidelong, snaking, sneaking, twisting |
| Antonyms: | direct, straight, straightforward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insignificant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not important; of no consequence |
| Synonyms: | casual, immaterial, inconsequential, infinitesimal, irrelevant, lesser, light, lightweight*, little, meager, meaningless, minimal, minor, minuscule, minute, negligible, nondescript, nonessential, nugatory, paltry, petty, pointless, scanty, secondary, senseless, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, inappreciable, inconsiderable, minim, not worth mentioning, purportless |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, significant, substantial, valuable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | subordinate, younger |
| Synonyms: | inferior, lesser, lower, minor, second, secondary, second-string |
| Antonyms: | elder, older, senior |
| Main Entry: | less |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smaller, inferior |
| Synonyms: | beneath, deficient, depressed, lacking, lesser, limited, lower, minor, minus, negative, reduced, secondary, shorter, subordinate, unsubstantial, without, declined, diminished, excepting, fewer, not as great, shortened, slighter, subtracting |
| Notes: | fewer means a smaller number of individual things and less means a small quantity of something. A traditional rule of English usage holds that less should be used only of uncountable things, that is, things that can be measured but not counted as discrete units. Thus "less electricity," "less than a quart, " "less doubt." Fewer, on the other hand, should be used only of things that can be counted: "fewer people," "fewer cars." In actual usage, fewer almost always adheres to the traditional rule; the problem is that less is often used with countable things. generally, less applies to quantity while fewer applies to number; the traditional rule says that you should use fewer for things that can be counted (fewer than four players) but less with mass terms for things of measurable extent (less paper, less than a gallon of paint) |
| Antonyms: | more, superior, bigger |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, junior, lesser, low, minor, nether, reduced, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under, curtailed, decreased, diminished, lessened, lower rung, pared down, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | accessory, bush-league*, casual, dependent, dinky*, inconsequential, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, secondary, slight, small-time, smaller, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, trifling, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, below the mark, inconsiderable, second-string, small-fry, younger |
| Antonyms: | adult, large, major, significant, greater |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peripheral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor, outside |
| Synonyms: | beside the point, borderline, exterior, external, incidental, irrelevant, minor, outer, outermost, secondary, superficial, surface, tangential, unimportant, inessential, perimetric |
| Antonyms: | central, crucial, internal, major |
| Main Entry: | petty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trivial, insignificant |
| Synonyms: | base, casual, cheap, contemptible, frivolous, inferior, irrelevant, junior, lesser, light, little, lower, measly, minor, narrow-minded, negligible, niggling*, paltry, peanut*, picayune, piddling*, scratch, secondary, shabby, shallow, slight, small, small-minded, subordinate, trifling, two-bit*, unimportant, inconsequent, inconsiderable, inessential, nickel-and-dime, penny-ante, pettifogging, shoestring* |
| Antonyms: | consequential, important, major, necessary, prominent, significant, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | next; subordinate |
| Synonyms: | additional, alternative, another, double, duplicate, extra, following, further, inferior, lesser, lower, other, place, repeated, reproduction, secondary, subsequent, supporting, twin, unimportant, next in order, runner-up, succeeding |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor; flanking |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, oblique, off-center, roundabout, secondary, sideways, subordinate, subsidiary, superficial, not the main, postern, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
| Antonyms: | important, major, serious |
| Main Entry: | small-time |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, dinky*, inconsequential, insignificant, low, petty, piddling, secondary, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, inconsiderable, second-string |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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