Overview of noun secondary

The noun secondary has 2 senses

• secondary -- (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen)


• 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

• 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")


• junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary")


• secondary -- (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection")


• secondary -- (not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events")


• secondary -- (belonging to a lower class or rank)