Antonyms for second rate
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : sek-uhnd-reyt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk əndˈreɪt |
- able
- abnormal
- above
- above average
- adequate
- affluent
- aristocratic
- big
- bold
- brave
- causative
- cheerful
- chief
- compassionate
- complex
- complicated
- consequential
- costly
- creative
- cultured
- dear
- decent
- decorated
- different
- difficult
- distinctive
- elevated
- embellished
- enormous
- enough
- excellent
- exceptional
- excessive
- expensive
- extraordinary
- extreme
- fertile
- fine
- first-class
- first-rate
- formal
- fortunate
- full
- gay
- generous
- good
- great
- happy
- healthy
- high
- honest
- honorable
- huge
- immense
- important
- increased
- infrequent
- intelligent
- intricate
- irregular
- kind
- large
- liberal
- lucky
- magnificent
- main
- major
- meaningful
- moral
- necessary
- nice
- noble
- noteworthy
- ornate
- outrageous
- pleasant
- polite
- potent
- precious
- priceless
- primary
- prominent
- rare
- refined
- relevant
- remarkable
- respectable
- rich
- rough
- scarce
- serious
- significant
- smart
- sophisticated
- source
- special
- strange
- strong
- substantial
- sufficient
- superior
- sympathetic
- tall
- unclear
- uncommon
- unconventional
- unlimited
- unreasonable
- unrestricted
- unselfish
- unusual
- upper
- upright
- useful
- valuable
- wealthy
- well
- wonderful
- worthwhile
- worthy
Definition of second rate
Origin :- 1660s, originally of ships; see rate (n.).
- As in lousy : adj very bad
- As in low : adj reduced; mediocre
- As in mean : adj poor; of or in inferior circumstances
- As in mediocre : adj average, commonplace
- As in ordinary : adj average; not distinctive
- As in poor : adj deficient, inadequate
- As in secondary : adj subordinate; less important
- As in second-rate/second-class : adj inferior, cheap
- As in shoddy : adj in bad shape
- As in substandard : adj inferior
- As in two-bit : adj cheap, worth very little
- As in undistinguished : adj ordinary
- As in unexceptional : adj ordinary
- As in unimportant : adj of no real worth, value
- As in below average : adj below normal
- As in second-rate : adj mediocre
- As in second-rate : adj inadequate
- As in cheap : adj inferior, low in quality
- As in low-grade : adj inferior
- As in low-quality : adj inferior
- As in schlocky : adj shoddy
- As in second-class : adj inferior
- As in common : adj low, coarse
- As in crummy : adj lousy
- As in dinky : adj tiny, small
- As in bush league : noun minor league
- As in second best : noun one who finishes second
Synonyms for second rate
- accessory
- alternate
- amateur
- auxiliary
- average
- awful
- backup
- bad
- base
- baseborn
- beggarly
- below average
- below par
- below standard
- beside the point
- bogus
- broken-down
- bush-league
- casual
- catchpenny
- characterless
- cheap
- cheap and dirty
- cheesy
- collateral
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- consequential
- contemptible
- contingent
- conventional
- crappy
- crass
- cruddy
- crude
- crummy
- cut
- cut-rate
- dainty
- decent
- déclassé
- deficient
- dependent
- depleted
- despicable
- dilapidated
- diminutive
- dingy
- dinky
- dirty
- discreditable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disliked
- disreputable
- down-at-heel
- dud
- dull
- dwarfed
- economical
- everyday
- execrable
- exiguous
- extra
- fair
- fair to middling
- fairish
- familiar
- faulty
- feeble
- flashy
- frivolous
- frothy
- garbage
- garden
- garden variety
- garden-variety
- garish
- gaudy
- generic
- glitzy
- good-for-nothing
- grotty
- habitual
- hack
- hackneyed
- harmful
- hateful
- homespun
- horrible
- household
- humble
- humdrum
- ignoble
- ignominious
- immaterial
- imperfect
- impure
- inadequate
- incomplete
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- indifferent
- ineffectual
- inexpensive
- inferior
- inglorious
- insignificant
- insufficient
- intermediate
- irrelevant
- junk
- junky
- lacking
- lemon
- lesser
- Lilliputian
- limited
- little
- lousy
- low
- low-grade
- low-quality
- low-ranking
- low-rent
- lowborn
- lower
- lowly
- mainstream
- makeshift
- mangy
- marked down
- meager
- mean
- meaningless
- mediocre
- medium
- menial
- meretricious
- middling
- mini
- miniature
- minor
- minor-league
- minors
- minute
- miserable
- moderate
- modest
- narrow
- neat
- negligible
- next best
- next to best
- niggardly
- no bargain
- no good
- no great shakes
- nominal
- nondescript
- nonessential
- normal
- not up to snuff
- nothing
- nothing special
- nothing to brag about
- nothing to write home about
- nugatory
- null
- obscure
- of no account
- of no consequence
- of poor quality
- ordinary
- outrageous
- paltry
- passable
- pathetic
- pedestrian
- petite
- petty
- philistine
- picayune
- piddling
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plain
- plastic
- plebeian
- poor
- poorer
- pretentious
- proletarian
- prosaic
- prosy
- puny
- quotidian
- raffish
- ratty
- raunchy
- reasonable
- reduced
- relief
- reserve
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- routine
- rubbishy
- run-down
- run-of-the-mill
- sad
- scant
- scanty
- scroungy
- scruffy
- second
- second rate
- second-best
- second-class
- second-rate
- secondary
- seedy
- servile
- shabby
- shady
- shameful
- shoddy
- shoestring
- simple
- skimpy
- slashed
- sleazy
- slight
- slipshod
- slovenly
- small
- small potatoes
- small-fry
- small-time
- so-so
- sordid
- sorry
- sparse
- squalid
- stale
- standard
- stereotyped
- sub-par
- subject
- subnormal
- subpar
- subservient
- subsidiary
- substandard
- substract
- supporting
- tacky
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- the bushes
- third-rate
- tolerable
- trashy
- tributary
- trifling
- trim
- triple-A
- trite
- trivial
- trumpery
- two-bit
- typical
- unacceptable
- uncostly
- under
- undistinguished
- uneventful
- unexceptional
- unexciting
- unimportant
- unimpressive
- uninspired
- unmemorable
- unnecessary
- unnoteworthy
- unpopular
- unpretentious
- unremarkable
- unrespectable
- unsatisfactory
- unwashed
- unwelcome
- useless
- usual
- valueless
- vanilla
- vicious
- vile
- vulgar
- weak
- white elephant
- white-bread
- workaday
- worse
- worthless
- wretched
- zero
- zilch
- zip
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