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Adjective
Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary
Being in a backup or supporting role
Being non-primary or indirect in nature
Following as a result or effect
Indirectly or incidentally following as a result or effect
Unimportant or insignificant in nature
Existing beyond what is obvious or admitted
Previously owned and used by another
Not absolutely necessary
Noun
Someone or something that replaces another, especially temporarily
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary
minor
subordinate
lesser
subsidiary
unimportant
ancillary
inferior
peripheral
lower
subservient
trivial
insignificant
accessory
petty
inconsiderable
small
incidental
marginal
inessential
dinky
tangential
collateral
reserve
mean
under
second
subject
dependent
tributary
second-rate
non-essential
second-class
small-time
lower-level
minor-league
bush-league
small-fry
less important
of little account
supplementary
auxiliary
supplemental
junior
contributory
additional
extra
smaller
supporting
accompanying
complementary
appurtenant
second-fiddle
supportive
less
second-string
assistant
adjuvant
attendant
accessorial
backup
lowly
assisting
low-ranking
lower-ranking
lower-grade
low-grade
low
satellite
servile
add-on
associate
humble
optional
menial
aiding
bottom
reduced
sub-
poorer
third-string
concomitant
undistinguished
unpretentious
common
on the side
more
further
vice-
helping
plebeian
mediocre
inglorious
ignoble
spare
base
irrelevant
bonus
immaterial
abetting
superficial
scrubby
slighter
demeaning
degrading
little
lousy
sub
subjacent
nether
ignominious
appended
affixed
adscititious
deputy
lower in rank
lower in status
lower-class
entry-level
bottom-rung
back seat
low-level
beside the point
lower rung
outranked
increased
parenthetical
extramural
tinier
added
second-best
low-class
petite
nonessential
beneath
reciprocal
unnecessary
unassuming
surface
correlative
diminished
augmenting
puppet
top-up
less important than
miserable
puny
middling
ordinary
meager
US
measly
paltry
alternative
coincident
by the by
accidental
by the way
attending
alternate
substitute
fallback
lessened
incident
of lesser importance than
shabby
wretched
contemptible
sorry
pitiful
sad
humdrum
adminicular
coincidental
contingent
younger
relief
tributory
extracurricular
undersized
low-born
meagre
UK
beta
youngest
concurrent
second-banana
beneath someone
below someone
under someone's heel
not very important
not so important
borderline
extraneous
indirect
side
bush
fall-back
contributing
adjunct
not the main
adjoint
supervenient
adventitious
extrinsic
captive
subjugated
controlled
submissive
governed
obedient
enslaved
ruled
liable
slavish
vulnerable
accountable
disposed
susceptible
at one's feet
in danger of
bound by
more ❯
“When the dominant issue is resolved, a
secondary
issue may automatically become recognizable.”
Adjective
▲
Being in a backup or supporting role
spare
backup
relief
substitute
auxiliary
extra
reserve
fallback
alternate
alternative
subsidiary
additional
second
supporting
another
fall-back
other
replacement
standby
emergency
ancillary
deputy
accessory
stand-in
back-up
in reserve
redundant
understudy
surplus
superfluous
second-string
new
unused
in store
one more
in addition
supplementary
surrogate
proxy
supplemental
peripheral
complementary
cover
accessorial
sub
contributory
appurtenant
adjuvant
adjunct
fill-in
pinch-hitting
back up
fresh
supernumerary
more
temporary
further
added
stopgap
increased
makeshift
farther
free
acting
provisional
interim
caretaker
locum
duplicate
provisory
provisionary
intervening
substitutive
transitional
tentative
short-term
add-on
pro tem
top-up
ad interim
pro tempore
different
support
possible
side
bonus
accompanying
non-standard
leftover
optional
supererogatory
non-operational
else
more ❯
“We have a
secondary
power supply on hand just in case.”
Adjective
▲
Being non-primary or indirect in nature
indirect
derivative
non-primary
secondhand
second-hand
derived
vicarious
rehashed
unoriginal
substitute
surrogate
proxy
deputized
US
empathetic
substituted
commissioned
delegated
deputed
empathic
acting
sympathetic
displaced
imagined
remote
relayed
mediated
substitutional
pretended
distanced
removed
assumed
adopted
deputised
UK
by proxy
passed on
at one remove
“Your teacher will probably allow you to report the data from a
secondary
source.”
Adjective
▲
Following as a result or effect
resultant
resulting
consequential
concomitant
consequent
derived
derivative
contingent
accompanying
subsequent
dependent
derivate
derivational
developed
eventual
proximate
ensuing
follow-on
attendant
due to
“Organic diseases are a
secondary
result of the chronic use of alcohol as a beverage.”
Adjective
▲
Indirectly or incidentally following as a result or effect
indirect
accompanying
incidental
unintended
accidental
collateral
related
ancillary
subsidiary
subordinate
auxiliary
supporting
complementary
added
accessory
concomitant
appurtenant
adjuvant
coincidental
sub
subservient
adjunctive
tributary
roundabout
corresponding
resultant
resulting
contingent
consequential
derivative
derived
supplementary
supplemental
extra
additional
connected
appended
associated
attached
associate
following
add-on
more ❯
“
Secondary
hypertension indicates that the elevated blood pressure is a
secondary
result of some other primary disease.”
Adjective
▲
Unimportant or insignificant in nature
inconsiderable
insignificant
negligible
trivial
trifling
inconsequential
paltry
petty
small
slight
unimportant
minor
piddling
minute
measly
nominal
piffling
little
nugatory
inappreciable
frivolous
footling
incidental
picayune
niggling
piddly
tiny
fiddling
pimping
irrelevant
minuscule
light
peanut
chicken
insubstantial
foolish
derisory
inessential
pitiful
casual
lesser
inferior
exiguous
pathetic
subordinate
mingy
poxy
token
lower
pettifogging
shallow
contemptible
shoestring
base
junior
beggarly
shabby
unconsiderable
inconsequent
cheap
scratch
no-account
small-fry
Mickey Mouse
of no account
de minimis
nickel-and-dime
small-time
not worth mentioning
small-bore
penny-ante
not worth bothering about
two-bit
immaterial
nonessential
lightweight
meaningless
unsubstantial
of no consequence
pointless
worthless
purportless
second-rate
minor-league
scanty
meager
US
dinky
meagre
UK
infinitesimal
senseless
subsidiary
bush-league
of no great concern
peripheral
smaller
nondescript
minimal
extraneous
unnecessary
superficial
non-essential
of minor importance
low-ranking
marginal
flimsy
accessory
of little account
subaltern
unessential
mean
ineffectual
below the mark
of little consequence
of little importance
of no importance
of little import
of no moment
not worth speaking of
useless
nothing
uncelebrated
obscure
trite
potty
puny
ignorable
twopenny-halfpenny
lilliputian
under
dependent
tacky
younger
minus
low
dispensable
tangential
expendable
second-string
unnotable
extrinsic
ancillary
second-class
supplementary
background
auxiliary
occasional
less important
by-the-way
by-the-by
of less importance
beside the point
low precedence
low preference
low priority
not a priority
inadequate
silly
miserly
stingy
insufficient
limited
miserable
poor
ungenerous
skimpy
simplistic
neither here nor there
sparse
frothy
oversimplified
modest
scant
minimum
frugal
tenuous
bitty
smallish
valueless
idle
mere
glib
of no significance
small potatoes
doesn't matter
facile
simple
uncritical
puerile
skin-deep
inane
empty
wishy-washy
weak
little bitty
rinky-dink
inappropriate
no biggie
two bit
entry level
all the same
of no value
of no merit
oversimple
zero
zilch
tinpot
zip
null
indifferent
fractional
nowhere
everyday
diminutive
pitiable
woeful
lamentable
sad
insipid
not enough
microscopic
no great shakes
jejune
devoid of substance
schematic
ignorant
cursory
surface
hollow
sketchy
empty-headed
unthinking
vain
half-baked
featherbrained
unscholarly
farcical
one-dimensional
unintelligent
flighty
unintellectual
thoughtless
impractical
unprofound
lacking in sense
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Existing beyond what is obvious or admitted
ulterior
concealed
covert
hidden
secret
underlying
undisclosed
undivulged
unexpressed
unapparent
unrevealed
buried
clandestine
private
shrouded
obscure
obscured
underhand
unknown
unsaid
under wraps
under cover
privy
hush-hush
veiled
camouflaged
disguised
masked
cloaked
incognito
incog
on the QT
behind-the-scenes
confidential
intimate
inside
hushed
nonpublic
esoteric
furtive
surreptitious
sneaky
undercover
stealthy
sneaking
underground
underhanded
off the record
backstairs
stealth
sly
sneak
closet
black
dissembled
back-alley
hugger-mugger
sub rosa
cloak-and-dagger
hole-in-the-corner
hole-and-corner
under-the-table
covered
unseen
screened
inconspicuous
invisible
unnoticeable
secreted
enshrouded
perdu
recondite
stashed
planted
guarded
cached
out of sight
not visible
hushed up
hidden away
covered up
put in the hole
tucked away
holed up
secretive
top-secret
shifty
cunning
wily
conspiratorial
classified
crafty
artful
shady
restricted
devious
indirect
sub-rosa
under the table
scheming
tricky
slippery
foxy
discreet
unpublished
guileful
dark
untold
closed
skulking
slinking
strictly confidential
duplicitous
fraudulent
backstair
calculating
deep
non-public
quiet
evasive
backdoor
undeclared
reserved
mysterious
unspoken
behind someone's back
designing
enigmatic
subtle
dishonest
cryptic
deceitful
silent
not for publication
personal
not for circulation
conniving
tight-lipped
not to be disclosed
not to be made public
shonky
cautious
dirty
unscrupulous
dodgy
deepest
unofficial
insidious
crooked
innermost
dishonourable
UK
privileged
slim
inward
inner
individual
backstage
darkest
unvoiced
dishonorable
US
clouded
inmost
double-dealing
deep-seated
clever
buttoned up
in the dark
illegal
catlike
fly
unethical
snide
shadowy
disreputable
dubious
Machiavellian
shrewd
surprise
close
unfair
cheating
protected
carny
slick
intriguing
treacherous
beguiling
elusive
feline
deceptive
murky
cute
cagy
cagey
offstage
under-the-counter
on the sly
censored
in ambush
on the quiet
low-down
in secret
in camera
kept secret
behind the scenes
bottled up
under one's hat
close to one's chest
not in the public domain
with a lid on
not open
in the background
unbowed
unauthorized
US
intelligence
dissimulated
unauthorised
UK
spy
unprofessed
uncommunicated
catty
noiseless
nefarious
bootleg
unlawful
creepy
circumspect
quick
illicit
illegitimate
under the counter
sideways
huggermugger
anonymous
cloak and dagger
dirty-dealing
disingenuous
astute
hole and corner
unidentified
mum
UK
ambiguous
mystic
occult
strange
unenlightened
enigmatical
unintelligible
out-of-the-way
mystical
untrustworthy
manipulative
mom
US
in holes and corners
nameless
unnamed
supersecret
bluffing
dissembling
ingenious
illusory
plotting
captious
delusive
mean
traitorous
unshareable
unspecified
faceless
unnoticed
unobserved
unexposed
unobtrusive
tête-à-tête
one-on-one
out of public view
behind the curtain
in a corner
unsung
eclipsed
highly classified
under security restrictions
nonrevealing
not in view
not in sight
latent
out of view
unprincipled
in petto
in pectore
mystery
immoral
reticent
uncommunicative
bent
withdrawn
taciturn
unforthcoming
insincere
cowardly
yellow
fishy
unsporting
introverted
unsportsmanlike
closemouthed
snidey
oblique
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
two-faced
introvert
Janus-faced
two-timing
clamlike
below the belt
zipped
playing politics
put on
playing games
not straightforward
faking one out
coy
close-mouthed
self-contained
tight-mouthed
non-communicative
in chambers
clammed up
in privacy
in private
playing your cards close to your chest
kept concealed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Previously owned and used by another
secondhand
used
old
derivative
unnew
pre-owned
hand-me-down
nearly new
handed down
not new
previously owned
second-hand
castoff
worn
preloved
recycled
preowned
foreowned
handed-down
passed down
reach-me-down
cast-off
passed on
shopsoiled
run down
rummage-sale
inherited
passed-on
Adjective
▲
Not absolutely necessary
inessential
unnecessary
needless
dispensable
redundant
optional
expendable
unwanted
cosmetic
gratuitous
nonessential
ornamental
peripheral
unessential
unimportant
unwarranted
extraneous
extrinsic
minor
causeless
chance
futile
haphazard
irrelevant
noncompulsory
uncritical
undesirable
unneeded
unrequired
useless
worthless
accidental
avoidable
casual
fortuitous
prodigal
random
non-essential
not essential
not necessary
not needed
not required
uncalled-for
beside the point
incidental
supplementary
immaterial
subsidiary
subordinate
accessory
of little account
Noun
▲
Someone or something that replaces another, especially temporarily
backup
replacement
reserve
substitute
relief
cover
sub
standby
surrogate
alternate
locum
spare
extra
auxiliary
succedaneum
stand-in
fill-in
locum tenens
pinch hitter
stand-by
designated hitter
second string
proxy
understudy
alternative
double
deputy
stopgap
fallback
pinch-hitter
contingency
representative
delegate
successor
backup plan
plan B
contingency plan
second
supply
temp
agent
factor
makeshift
temporary
DH
ancillary
equivalent
substitution
plan C
accompaniment
support
reinforcement
backfill
body double
temporary worker
fall-back
supply teacher
depute
casual worker
ring-in
someone else
alternative solution
supplanter
placeholder
changeling
assistant
temporary expedient
expedient
resort
resource
expediency
recourse
refuge
substitute agent
spare part
part
new part
envoy
attorney
minister
contingency strategy
ambassador
commissary
emissary
intermediary
procurator
broker
assignee
rep
negotiator
frontman
lawyer
mediary
executor
go-between
more ❯
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