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secondary
Overview of noun secondary
The noun secondary has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. secondary -- (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen)
2. secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary -- (coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil)
Overview of adj secondary
The adj secondary has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (11) secondary -- (being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams")
2. junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary")
3. secondary -- (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection")
4. secondary -- (not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events")
5. secondary -- (belonging to a lower class or rank)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
=> formation
=> arrangement
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
=> coil
=> reactor
=> electrical device
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun secondary
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
=> formation
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
=> coil
Antonyms of noun secondary
Member Holonyms of noun secondary
1 of 2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
MEMBER OF: football team, eleven
Substance Holonyms of noun secondary
Part Holonyms of noun secondary
1 of 2 senses of secondary
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
PART OF: transformer
Member Meronyms of noun secondary
1 of 2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
HAS MEMBER: back
Substance Meronyms of noun secondary
Part Meronyms of noun secondary
Meronyms of noun secondary
1 of 2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
HAS MEMBER: back
Holonyms of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
MEMBER OF: football team, eleven
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
PART OF: transformer
Attributes of noun secondary
Derived Forms of noun secondary
Domain of noun secondary
Domain Terms of noun secondary
Familiarity of noun secondary
secondary used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
> formation
=> flight
=> military formation
=> backfield
=> secondary
=> line
=> line
=> center
=> flank, wing
=> head
=> rear
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
> coil
=> armature
=> astatic coils
=> choke, choke coil, choking coil
=> field coil, field winding
=> induction coil
=> primary coil, primary winding, primary
=> read/write head, head
=> secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
=> solenoid
=> tickler coil
Meronyms of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
HAS MEMBER: back
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
=> coil
=> reactor
=> electrical device
HAS PART: terminal, pole
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun secondary
2 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary
MEMBER OF: football team, eleven
MEMBER OF: football league
Sense 2
secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary
PART OF: transformer
Grep of noun secondary
secondary
secondary amenorrhea
secondary cell
secondary censorship
secondary coil
secondary dentition
secondary diagonal
secondary dysmenorrhea
secondary education
secondary emission
secondary hypertension
secondary modern school
secondary school
secondary sex character
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary storage
secondary syphilis
secondary winding
Antonyms of adj secondary
5 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary (vs. primary)
primary (vs. secondary)
=> capital
=> direct
=> firsthand
=> first-string
=> original
=> particular, special
Sense 2
junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
INDIRECT (VIA junior) -> senior
Sense 3
secondary
INDIRECT (VIA incidental) -> basic
Sense 4
secondary
INDIRECT (VIA minor) -> major
Sense 5
secondary
INDIRECT (VIA subordinate) -> dominant
Similarity of adj secondary
5 senses of secondary
Sense 1
secondary (vs. primary)
=> alternate, alternative
=> auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary
=> collateral
=> indirect
=> secondhand
=> second-string, substitute(prenominal)
=> standby
=> thirdhand
=> tributary
=> utility(prenominal), substitute(prenominal)
=> vicarious
Also See> inessential#1, unessential#1; unoriginal#1
Sense 2
junior-grade, inferior, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate
=> junior (vs. senior)
Sense 3
secondary
=> incidental (vs. basic), incident
Sense 4
secondary
=> minor (vs. major)
Sense 5
secondary
=> subordinate (vs. dominant), low-level
Pertainyms of adj secondary
Attributes of adj secondary
Domain of adj secondary
Domain Terms of adj secondary
Familiarity of adj secondary
secondary used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj secondary
secondary
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