What is another word for second-rate?
426 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈɛkəndɹˈe͡ɪt], [ sˈɛkəndɹˈeɪt], [ s_ˈɛ_k_ə_n_d_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]
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Similar words for second-rate:
- cheap (adjective)
- common (adjective)
- crummy (adjective)
- imperfect (adjective)
- inferior (adjective)
- lousy (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- low-grade (adjective)
- low-quality (adjective)
- mean (adjective)
- mediocre (adjective)
- ordinary (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- poor (adjective)
- second-rate/second-class (adjective)
- secondary (adjective)
- shoddy (adjective)
- substandard (adjective)
- two-bit (adjective)
- undistinguished (adjective)
- unexceptional (adjective)
- unimportant (adjective)
- bush league (noun)
- inferior (noun)
- one who finishes second (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- second best (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Second-rate:
adj.
• cheap (adjective)- cheesy,
- small-time,
- second-rate,
- tawdry,
- terrible,
- rinky-dink,
- secondrate,
- meretricious,
- ratty,
- bogus,
- mangy,
- garish,
- rinkydink,
- sleazy,
- junky,
- white elephant,
- no bargain,
- trumpery,
- rotten,
- catchpenny,
- tatty,
- base,
- valueless,
- garbage,
- worthless,
- rubbishy,
- no good,
- bad,
- cruddy,
- scroungy,
- paltry,
- glitzy,
- second rate,
- raunchy,
- trashy,
- dud,
- small time,
- flashy.
- stale,
- philistine,
- passable,
- crass,
- pedestrian,
- hackneyed,
- vulgar,
- trite,
- colorless,
- prosy,
- raffish,
- nondescript,
- baseborn,
- middling,
- hack,
- impure,
- plebeian.
- spoiled,
- flawed,
- tainted,
- faulty,
- inadequate,
- blemished,
- blotched,
- incomplete,
- deficient,
- imperfect,
- defective.
- unwelcome,
- outrageous,
- harmful,
- vile,
- horrible,
- hateful,
- vicious,
- unpopular,
- execrable,
- despicable,
- awful,
- dirty,
- slovenly,
- disliked.
- marked down,
- scant,
- inexpensive,
- economical,
- reasonable,
- cut,
- lower,
- cut rate,
- insignificant,
- little,
- depleted,
- cut-rate,
- sparse,
- slashed,
- nominal,
- trifling,
- uncostly,
- small,
- modest,
- moderate,
- meager.
- wretched,
- limited,
- lowborn,
- ineffectual,
- beggarly,
- obscure,
- petty,
- scruffy,
- narrow,
- servile,
- unwashed,
- ignoble,
- lowly,
- down at heel,
- squalid,
- proletarian,
- down-at-heel,
- menial,
- seedy,
- humble,
- run-down,
- sordid.
- SOSO,
- standard,
- fair,
- dull,
- so-so,
- conventional,
- indifferent,
- run of the mill,
- fair to middling,
- fairish,
- decent,
- no great shakes,
- uninspired,
- tolerable,
- run-of-the-mill,
- vanilla,
- of poor quality,
- unexceptional,
- medium,
- mainstream,
- intermediate.
- un-memorable,
- most white bread,
- more unmemorable,
- more workaday,
- unnoteworthy,
- un eventful,
- most unnoteworthy,
- un-noteworthy,
- most unmemorable,
- most workaday,
- un memorable,
- most white-bread,
- more garden,
- most whitebread,
- un remarkable,
- stereo typed,
- more unnoteworthy,
- un-remarkable,
- more white-bread,
- un-eventful,
- most garden,
- un noteworthy,
- un-pretentious,
- more white bread,
- more whitebread.
- common,
- low quality,
- third-rate,
- small fry,
- garden variety,
- workaday,
- mean,
- ordinary,
- unmemorable,
- secondary,
- mediocre,
- cheap,
- grotty,
- lousy,
- low,
- sub-par,
- two-bit,
- undistinguished,
- whitebread,
- white bread,
- broken down,
- characterless,
- white-bread,
- small-fry,
- below average,
- poor,
- unrespectable,
- Substract,
- unimportant,
- schlocky.
- re-serve,
- most small fry,
- in-considerable,
- more small fry,
- re liefer,
- most backup,
- reliefest,
- more backup,
- re-lief,
- most small-fry,
- re-liefest,
- reliefer,
- more reserve,
- re serve,
- smallfry,
- re-liefer,
- in considerable,
- most smallfry,
- more smallfry,
- more under,
- re lief,
- most under,
- more substract,
- more small-fry,
- de-pendent,
- most substract,
- de pendent,
- re liefest,
- most reserve,
- minor-league,
- most accessory,
- more accessory,
- bushleague,
- minorleague.
- not up snuff,
- dis honorable,
- dis-reputable,
- dis reputable,
- in-glorious,
- un-respectable,
- dis-graceful,
- brokendown,
- not to snuff,
- not snuff,
- un respectable,
- dis-creditable,
- most unrespectable,
- not up to snuff,
- dis graceful,
- dis creditable,
- more unrespectable,
- in glorious,
- dis-honorable.
n.
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- disgraceful.
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- low-grade,
- better,
- shabby,
- substandard.
Other synonyms:
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- unspeakable,
- catastrophic,
- embarrassing,
- irreparable,
- puny,
- abysmal,
- ill,
- second class,
- sad,
- terribly,
- dodgy,
- damning,
- low-class,
- chronic,
- egregious,
- contemptible,
- poorly,
- crummy,
- bastardized,
- pitiful,
- dire,
- dismal,
- subhuman,
- shocking.
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- diabolical,
- atrocious,
- appalling.
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- weak,
- third class,
- coarse.
- crumby,
- dilettante,
- disappointing,
- unsatisfying,
- untutored,
- average,
- discouraging,
- tinsel,
- broken,
- inexperienced,
- disconcerting,
- unequal,
- not good,
- shoddy,
- tacky,
- irregular,
- bungling,
- dishonourable,
- commonplace,
- everyday,
- below par,
- insufficient,
- bum,
- patchy,
- ineligible,
- tinselly,
- unmerited,
- bush-league,
- lay,
- incompetent,
- sloppy,
- plastic,
- wanting,
- unqualified,
- unfit,
- gimcrack,
- tinpot,
- damaged,
- unsound,
- meritless,
- unskilful,
- minor,
- artificial,
- unacceptable,
- brummagem,
- inexpert,
- amateurish,
- clumsy,
- fourth-class,
- bumbling,
- discreditable,
- disreputable,
- punk,
- Non-professional,
- unpaid,
- not bad,
- unschooled,
- garden-variety,
- Dissatisfying,
- tuppenny,
- Naff,
- par,
- bargain-basement,
- kitschy,
- gaudy,
- chintzy,
- jerry-built,
- cheapjack,
- unskilled,
- unworthy,
- unsatisfactory,
- impaired,
- untrained,
- unprofessional,
- run-of-the-mine,
- slipshod,
- undeserving,
- crude,
- tinny,
- unimaginative,
- amateur,
- second-class,
- sorry,
- pinchbeck,
- twopenny,
- crappy,
- unfinished,
- inefficient.
How to use "Second-rate" in context?
When people use the term "second-rate," it generally means something is not as good as it could be. Sometimes second-rate means the product is not good quality, or it is not up to the quality or standards of something first-rate.
When we use the term "second-rate," it often has negative connotations. We often think of it as a downgrade, or as something that is not good enough. It can make us feel like we are not good enough, or that we are not up to the same standards as other people.
However, sometimes second-rate can also be a term of appreciation.
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