secondary
Of lesser importance
Everything denoted by secondary, usually an adjective, is the lesser counterpart of something designated as primary.
Secondary school or secondary education (typically for children 12 and older) follows primary school or primary education.
A secondary infection arises or follows from an original (primary) one.
A secondary market is where things are traded after the main market.
Describing something as secondary is a way of diminishing its importance in relation to the main concern.
Serving to complete
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- supportingBearing or sustaining
backup · adjunct · complementary · accessory · peripheral · additional · extra · collateral
Grades 6-8 institution
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- graduationCompleting academic requirements formally
sophomore · junior · senior · freshman · puberty · teenagers · homework · exams
Function's rate of change
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- intermediateBetween two levels
- metaboliteSubstance from cellular processes
- compoundCombined into one
synthesis · transformation · conversion · degradation · oxidation · reduction · isomer · precursor
Adding support or encouragement
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- girderMain structural support beam
- strutProud, showy gait
shoring · underpinning · scaffolding · stabilizer · truss · joist · crossbeam · substructure
One who accepts transmission
- cornerbackDefensive back covering receivers
- safetyFreedom from harm
- dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
- coverageExtent of inclusion
pass defense · interception · route · target · wideout · slot · man coverage · zone
supplementary
Serving to complete
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- subordinateOne lower in rank
supporting · backup · adjunct · complementary · accessory · peripheral · additional · extra · collateral · incidental
middle school
Grades 6-8 institution
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- adolescenceTeenage developmental stage
- diplomaAcademic completion document
graduation · sophomore · junior · senior · freshman · puberty · teenagers · homework · exams · GPA
derivative
Function's rate of change
- byproductSecondary outcome of production
- intermediateBetween two levels
- metaboliteSubstance from cellular processes
compound · synthesis · transformation · conversion · degradation · oxidation · reduction · isomer · precursor · reagent
reinforcement
Adding support or encouragement
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- girderMain structural support beam
strut · shoring · underpinning · scaffolding · stabilizer · truss · joist · crossbeam · substructure · framework
receiver
One who accepts transmission
- cornerbackDefensive back covering receivers
- safetyFreedom from harm
- dimeU.S. ten-cent coin
coverage · pass defense · interception · route · target · wideout · slot · man coverage · zone · press coverage
- academicscholarly, academic, intellectual, erudite, learned
- color termsblack, white, red, blue, green
- education levelskindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school, college
- secondarybackup plan, plan B, alternate, substitute, reserve
- ordinalsfirst, third, fourth, fifth, sixth
- footballfootball, touchdown, field goal, quarterback, end zone
- secondary colourHue from two primaries
- secondary schoolEducation for adolescents
- secondary educationMiddle and high school
- secondary colorHue from blending primaries
- secondary infectionPathogen invading during another illness
- secondary roadsLesser thoroughfares, not highways
secondary consumers, secondary emission, secondary infection, secondary liability, secondarily, postsecondary, secondary school, secondaries, secondary education