Hyphenation of secondary

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word secondary? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

sec-ondary

Definitions of secondary:

1.	The defensive football players who line up behind the linemen
2.	Coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil
3.	Being of second rank or importance or value Not direct or immediate The stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher A secondary source A secondary issue Secondary streams
4.	Inferior in rank or status The junior faculty A lowly corporal Petty officialdom A subordinate functionary
5.	Depending on or incidental to what is original or primary A secondary infection
6.	Not of major importance Played a secondary role in world events
7.	Belonging to a lower class or rank

Synonyms of secondary:

adj	secondary, alternate, alternative, auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary, collateral, indirect, secondhand, second-string, substitute, standby, tributary, utility, substitute, vicarious, thirdhand, inessential, unessential, unoriginal
adj	junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern, subordinate, junior
adj	incidental, incident
adj	minor
adj	subordinate, low-level
noun	formation
noun	secondary coil, secondary winding, coil

Last hyphenations of this language

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