SECOND-CLASS Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

second-class

adjective

ˈse-kən(d)-ˈklas

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as in inferior

of little or less value or merit a playwright who produced only second-class work when he turned his hand to poetry

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as in decent

of average to below average quality it's only a second-class restaurant and not worth the high prices

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Recent Examples of second-class The days of Southern Black Christians submitting to second-class treatment in the house of the Lord had ended. —

Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026 Anne Madarasz, chief historian and director of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum at the Heinz History Center, says Woodruff was one of just 18 Black athletes who traveled to Berlin that year to represent a country that, in many ways, still treated them as second-class citizens. —

Christopher Derose, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026 Mindanaoans had felt like second-class Filipinos for longer than the country had been independent. —

Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 Women are second-class citizens and must cover their hair and wear loose-fitting clothing in all public spaces. —

Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for second-class

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Husbands are also inferior house cleaners.

— Joe Salas May 09, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Though Rogers is Christian, his story of transformation from weakling to hero certainly spoke to young Jewish boys and men, who were often inaccurately portrayed in the media and press as intellectually superior but physically inferior.

— Miriam Eve Mora, The Conversation, 7 May 2026