secondary

adjective

  1. 1

    belonging to a lower class or rank

  2. 2

    not of major importance

    played a secondary role in world events

  3. 3

    being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

    the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher

    a secondary source

  4. 4

    depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

    a secondary infection

  5. 5

    inferior in rank or status

    the junior faculty

    a lowly corporal

noun

  1. 1

    coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

  2. 2

    the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

Synonyms

Also useful for “secondary”:Unscrambler