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 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 The teen has been charged with reckless homicide, a second-class felony, per the update. —

Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026 Women were relegated to second-class citizens and gay and lesbian individuals were executed as a matter of public policy. —

Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for second-class

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They were normally injured, inferior and underachieving.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The theory of the great replacement is that elites, or, depending on who told the story, Jews (not commonly a direct target of VDARE), have invited nonwhite immigrants with inferior bloodlines into white- dominated Western countries to weaken them and absorb more power for themselves.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026