Second-class synonyms

sĕk'ənd-klăs'

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earthborn
Born on or springing from the earth
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lowbread
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lower-class
A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.
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better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
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of humble birth
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lowborn
Alternative spelling of low-born.
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mediocre
Of ordinary or undistinguished quality.
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plebeian
Unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar:
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of secondary status
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common
Having no special designation, status, or rank:
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inferior
(Botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
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low-grade
Of inferior quality or value
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low-quality
Of low or lower quality
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mean
Common or poor in appearance; shabby:
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second-rate
Of inferior or mediocre quality or value.
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shabby
Clothed with ragged, much worn, or soiled garments.
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substandard
(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or indicating a pattern of linguistic usage that does not conform to that of the prestige group in a speech community or to that of the standard language.
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cabin class
A class of accommodations on some passenger ships, lower than first class and higher than tourist class.
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economy class
a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
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third-class (related)
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2-i (related)
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Find another word for second-class. In this page you can discover 21 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for second-class, like: earthborn, lowbread, lower-class, better, of humble birth, lowborn, mediocre, plebeian, of secondary status, common and inferior.
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Second-class Sentence Examples

  • At the time when further armaments were suspended, the effective strength of the Argentine navy consisted of 3 ironclads, 6 first-class armoured cruisers, 2 monitors (old), 4 second-class cruisers, 2 torpedo cruisers, 3 destroyers, 3 high-sea torpedo boats, 14 river torpedo boats, 1 training ship, 5 transports, and various auxiliary vessels.

  • The Ku Klux movement in its wider aspects was the effort of the first class to destroy the control of the second class.

  • The colonies are divisible into two classes, (I) those possessing considerable powers of local self-government, (2) those in which the local government is autocratic. To this second class may be added the protectorates (and some colonies) where the native form of government is maintained under the supervision of French officials.

  • In the second class of colonies the governor, sometimes assisted by a privy council, on which non-official members find seats, sometimes simply by a council of administration, is responsible only to the minister of the colonies.

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