Antonyms for second-rate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sek-uhnd-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛk əndˈreɪt


Definition of second-rate

Origin :
  • 1660s, originally of ships; see rate (n.).
  • adj mediocre
  • adj inadequate
Example sentences :
  • They don't even know of the second-rate people or the third rate.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • It was a second-rate theatrical journal, still damp from the press.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • Otherwise, to what use could these second-rate horses be put?
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 » by Various
  • It is strange how Dante has been left to second-rate interpreters!
  • Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys
  • Obviously, here in America we have a sympathetic tolerance for the "second-rate."
  • Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
  • It is an affectation, and, in this country, a copy of a second-rate British affectation.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Pronunciation » by Otis Ashmore
  • This order is too tame, this culture too second-rate, this goodness too uninspiring.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • But for all his vaudeville tactics he was by no means a second-rate scientist.
  • Extract from : « This is Klon Calling » by Walt Sheldon
  • There are even only second-rate cocottes about, none of the smart ones yet!
  • Extract from : « The Smart Set » by Clyde Fitch
  • Who write the dramatic critiques for the second-rate papers?
  • Extract from : « Sketches New and Old, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for second-rate

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