| Noun | 1. | secondary - the defensive football players who line up behind the linemenback - the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage formation - an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" | |
| 2. | secondary - coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coilcoil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit transformer - an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage | |
| Adj. | 1. | secondary - 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"unoriginal - not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual; "the manuscript contained unoriginal emendations"; "his life had been unoriginal, conforming completely to the given pattern"- Gwethalyn Graham primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" | |
| 2. | secondary - inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"junior - younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service | |
| 3. | secondary - depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"incidental, incident - (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses"; "the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick change" | |
| 4. | secondary - not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"minor - of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads" | |
| 5. | secondary - belonging to a lower class or rank | |