9 Letter Words for Secondary
secondary
8 Letter Words for Secondary
candroys, crayoned, cyanosed, deaconry, dracones, endosarc, secondar
7 Letter Words for Secondary
acnodes, acorned, ardency, candors, candroy, cardons, carnose, coarsen, conders, corneas, corsned, crayons, croyden, cyanose, dacrons, dacryon, dancers, dancery, deacons, dracone, earcons, ecdyson, narcose, noyades, sancord, sarcode, scenary, scorned, sorance, yonders
6 Letter Words for Secondary
acnode, acorns, acrons, acrose, adcons, adores, adorns, adreno, anders, anodes, arcose, arseno, ascend, cadres, candor, candys, caners, canoed, canoes, canroy, cardon, careys, carone, carsey, carson, casern, cedarn, cedars, cedary, cedron, censor, coarse, codens, coders, conder, coneys, conred, conrey, coreys, cornea, corned, craned, cranes, craney, crayon, creasy, credos, crenas, crones, crosne, dacron, dancer, dances, dancey, darcys, deacon, dearns, decays, decons, decors, decoys, denaro, denars, denary, denays, derays, descry, desray, donary, dorcas, doyens, drones, drysne, earcon, escrod, nacred, nacres, narced, narcos, noyade, oceans, oncers, oreads, orenda, racons, radons, ranced, rances, raynes, rayons, reason, recado, recond, recons, redans, redons, renays, rescan, reyson, rodney, rondes, rosace, royned, roynes, sacred, sander, sarney, sarode, scared, scored, scorny, scraye, scryde, scryne, second, senary, senora, snared, snored, soared, sonder, sorned, synced, syndoc, synroc, yander, yarned, yeards, yearns, yonder
5 Letter Words for Secondary
acedy, acers, acned, acnes, acone, acorn, acred, acres, acron, adcon, adore, adorn, aeron, ancor, ancre, andes, andor, andre, anode, anser, arced, arces, arend, arose, arsed, arson, ascon, ascry, async, ayens, ayond, ayres, cader, cades, cados, cadre, candy, caned, caner, canes, canoe, canos, canso, cardo, cards, cardy, cared, cares, carey, carne, carns, carny, carse, cased, caser, cayos, cedar, cedry, ceras, ceros, cesar, codas, coden, coder, codes, coeds, coned, coner, cones, consy, coran, cords, cordy, cored, cores, corey, corns, corny, corse, corsy, cosed, cosen, cosey, coyan, coyed, coyer, crane, crans, crany, craye, crays, cread, creda, credo, creds, crena, crone, crony, crosa, crose, cyano, cyans, cydon, daces, dacor, dance, dancy, danes, dansy, darcy, dares, darns, deans, dearn, dears, deary, decan, decay, decon, decor, decos, decoy, decry, denar, denay, deray, derns, doers, doesn, donar, donas, doncy, donec, doney, donsy, doray, dorey, dorsa, dorse, doser, doyen, draco, drays, dreys, drona, drone, drony, dryas, dyers, dynes, eards, earns, ecads, enray, escar, escry, eyras, nacre, nacry, narco, narcs, nardo, nards, nares, nears, necro, nerds, nerdy, nodes, norse, nosed, noser, noyed, noyes, oared, ocean, ocrea, oncer, onces, oners, onery, oracy, orans, orcas, oread, ornes, oscan, oscar, oyers, raced, races, racon, radon, rance, rands, randy, rasen, rason, rayed, rayne, rayon, reads, ready, reans, reasy, recon, redan, redon, redos, renay, rends, resay, resod, roads, roady, roans, rodes, ronde, rones, rosed, royne, rynds, sacre, sacro, sacry, sandy, saned, saner, saone, sared, sarod, saron, sayed, sayer, sayne, sayon, scand, scare, scarn, scary, scena, scend, scoad, scone, score, scorn, scrae, scran, scray, scrod, sdayn, seary, secno, sedan, senor, seora, serac, seron, snare, snary, snead, snore, snyed, soare, soary, sonar, sonce, soncy, sonde, sorda, sored, sycon, syned, synod, syren, yards, yarns, ycond, yeads, yeans, yeard, yearn, years, yerds, yores
4 Letter Words for Secondary
aced, acer, aces, acne, acor, acre, aden, adon, ador, ados, adry, aero, ance, ands, anes, anre, arco, arcs, ards, ared, aren, ares, arno, asor, ayen, ayes, ayne, ayre, cade, cads, cady, cand, cane, cans, cany, caon, card, care, carn, cars, case, cays, ceas, cens, cera, cern, cero, coda, code, cods, coed, coes, cond, cone, cons, cony, cora, cord, core, corn, cors, cory, cose, coyn, coys, cran, cray, cred, cres, croy, cyan, cyon, dace, daer, daes, dane, dans, dare, darn, dase, days, dcor, dean, dear, deas, deco, dens, deny, dern, dero, desc, deys, docs, doen, doer, does, dona, done, dons, dora, dore, dorn, dors, dory, dosa, dose, dray, drey, drys, dyas, dyce, dyer, dyes, dyne, eans, eard, earn, ears, easy, ecad, ecod, econ, ency, endo, ends, eoan, eons, eras, erns, eros, esca, eyas, eyra, nace, naos, narc, nard, nare, nary, naso, nays, near, neds, nerd, node, nods, noes, nore, nose, nosy, noys, nsec, nyas, nyed, nyes, oars, oary, ocas, odas, odea, oder, odes, onca, once, ondy, oner, ones, orad, orae, oran, oras, orca, orcs, ordn, ords, ored, ores, orna, osar, oyer, oyes, race, racy, rade, rads, rand, rane, rays, read, rean, recd, recs, redo, reds, rend, reno, reny, road, roan, rocs, rode, rods, roed, roes, roey, rond, rone, rosa, rose, rosy, ryas, ryen, ryes, rynd, saco, sade, sado, sadr, sand, sane, sard, sare, scad, scan, scar, scry, scye, sean, sear, seco, secy, sena, send, seor, sero, snar, sned, snod, snye, soar, soca, soce, soda, sody, sond, sone, sora, sord, sore, sorn, sory, srac, syce, syed, syen, sync, synd, syne, syre, yade, yard, yare, yarn, yead, yean, year, yeas, yedo, yens, yerd, yern, yeso, yode, yods, yond, yore
3 Letter Words for Secondary
ace, acy, adc, ade, ado, ads, ady, aer, aes, anc, and, ane, ans, any, aor, arc, ard, are, arn, ars, ary, ase, aye, ayr, ays, cad, can, car, cay, cdr, cen, ceo, cer, cns, cod, con, cor, cos, coy, cro, crs, cry, dae, dan, dao, dar, das, day, dca, dea, dec, den, der, des, dey, dna, doa, doc, doe, don, dor, dos, dry, dso, dsr, dye, dyn, dys, ead, ean, ear, eas, eco, edo, eds, enc, end, ens, eon, eos, era, erd, ern, ers, esc, esd, esr, eyn, eyr, nad, nae, nar, nas, nay, nco, nea, ned, neo, noa, nod, nor, nos, noy, nye, nys, oad, oar, oas, oca, oda, ode, ods, oer, oes, ona, one, ons, ony, ora, orc, ord, ore, ors, ory, ose, oye, oys, rad, ran, ras, ray, rcd, rea, rec, red, res, rna, rnd, roc, rod, roe, ron, ros, rya, rye, sac, sad, san, sao, sar, say, scd, scr, sea, sec, sed, sen, ser, sey, sny, soc, sod, son, soy, sye, syn, syr, yad, yan, yar, yas, yds, yea, yed, yen, yeo, yer, yes, yod, yoe, yon, yor, yos, yrs
Definitions for Secondary
[1] next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
[2] belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, period, rank, grade, etc.
[3] (in scholarly studies) pertaining to or being a derived or derivative account, an evaluation of original data, etc.; not primary or original, as in secondary source ; secondary research .
[4] of minor or lesser importance; subordinate; auxiliary.
[5] of or relating to secondary schools.
[6] Chemistry . involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups. noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule.
[7] Electricity . noting or pertaining to the current induced by a primary winding or to the winding in which the current is induced in an induction coil, transformer, or the like.
[8] Geology . noting or pertaining to a mineral produced from another mineral by decay, alteration, or the like.
[9] Grammar . (of a derivative) having a root or other unanalyzable element that is itself a word or free form: The word “glazier” is a secondary derivative formed by adding a suffix to “glaze.” The word "debatably" is formed directly from "debatable" and is therefore a secondary derivative from "debate." having reference to past time; noting or pertaining to a past tense: the Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit secondary tenses. Compare primary(def 13) .
[10] Ornithology . pertaining to any of a set of flight feathers on the second segment of a bird's wing.
[11] Linguistics . of, relating to, or characteristic of a secondary accent: secondary stress.
[12] a person or thing that is secondary.
[13] a subordinate, assistant, deputy, or agent.
[14] Electricity . a winding in a transformer or the like in which a current is induced by a primary winding.
[15] Ornithology . a secondary feather.
[16] Football . the defensive unit that lines up behind the linemen.
[17] Linguistics . secondary accent.
[18] one grade or step after the first; not primary
[19] derived from or depending on what is primary, original, or first a secondary source
[20] below the first in rank, importance, etc; not of major importance
[21] (prenominal) of or relating to the education of young people between the ages of 11 and 18 secondary education
[22] (of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) growing from the ulna
[23] being the part of an electric circuit, such as a transformer or induction coil, in which a current is induced by a changing current in a neighbouring coil a secondary coil (of a current) flowing in such a circuit Compare primary (def. 7)
[24] (of an industry) involving the manufacture of goods from raw materials Compare primary (def. 8b), tertiary (def. 2)
[25] geology (of minerals) formed by the alteration of pre-existing minerals
[26] chem (of an organic compound) having a functional group attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one hydrogen atom and two other groups (of an amine) having only two organic groups attached to a nitrogen atom; containing the group NH (of a salt) derived from a tribasic acid by replacement of two acidic hydrogen atoms with metal atoms or electropositive groups
[27] linguistics derived from a word that is itself a derivation from another word. Thus, lovably comes from lovable and is a secondary derivative from love (of a tense in Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit) another word for historic (def. 3)
[28] a person or thing that is secondary
[29] a subordinate, deputy, or inferior
[30] a secondary coil, winding, inductance, or current in an electric circuit
[31] ornithol any of the flight feathers that grow from the ulna of a bird's wing See primary (def. 6)
[32] astronomy a celestial body that orbits around a specified primary body the moon is the secondary of the earth
[33] med a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour
[34] American football the secondary cornerbacks and safeties collectively their area in the field
[35] short for secondary colour
Words related to Secondary
unimportant, trivial, inferior, insignificant, supporting, lower, tributary, dinky, contingent, extra, dependent, collateral, alternate, auxiliary, accessory, second, petty, relief, small, subsidiary
Words nearby Secondary
second-homer, second-rate, second-story, second-story man, second-strike, secondary, secondary abdominal pregnancy, secondary accent, secondary adhesion, secondary adrenocortical insufficiency, secondary alcohol
Origin of Secondary
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word secundārius. See second1, -ary
Other words from Secondary
sec·ond·ar·i·ly [sek -uh n-der-uh -lee, sek-uh n-dair -] /ˈsɛk ənˌdɛr ə li, ˌsɛk ənˈdɛər-/ , adverb
sec·ond·ar·i·ness , noun
sec′ond•ar′ i•ly (-dâr′ ə-lē ) adv.
Synonyms for Secondary
inferior, insignificant, trivial, unimportant, accessory, alternate, auxiliary, backup, collateral, contingent, dependent, dinky, extra, lower, minor, petty, relief, reserve, second, small, subject, subsidiary, supporting, tributary, bush-league, consequential, inconsiderable, lesser, minor-league, second-rate, small-fry, small-time, subservient, substract, under
