PRIMARY Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word primary. (opposite meanings)

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	secondary				adjectiveadj
	adjective • being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate noun • the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen • coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil adjective satellite • inferior in rank or status • depending on or incidental to what is original or primary • not of major importance • belonging to a lower class or rank
	additional				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • further or added
	auxiliary				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • someone who acts as assistant adjective satellite • functioning in a supporting capacity • furnishing added support
	extra				adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
	noun • a minor actor in crowd scenes • an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) • something additional of the same kind adverb • unusually or exceptionally adjective satellite • more than is needed, desired, or required • added to a regular schedule • further or added
	incidental				adjectiveadj
	adjective • (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence noun • (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified • an item that is incidental adjective satellite • not of prime or central importance • occurring with or following as a consequence
	inferior				adjectiveadj
	adjective • of or characteristic of low rank or importance • of low or inferior quality • written or printed below and to one side of another character • having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit noun • one of lesser rank or station or quality • a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character adjective satellite • lower than a given reference point • falling short of some prescribed norm
	minor				noun, adjectiven, adj
	adjective • of lesser importance or stature or rank • lesser in scope or effect • inferior in number or size or amount • (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees • not of legal age • of lesser seriousness or danger • of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization noun • a young person of either sex adjective satellite • of the younger of two boys with the same family name • warranting only temporal punishment • relatively moderate, limited, or small verb • have as one's secondary field of study
	nonessential				adjectiveadj
	noun • anything that is not essential adjective satellite • not of prime or central importance
	subordinate				noun, adjectiven, adj
	adjective • lower in rank or importance • subject or submissive to authority or the control of another • (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence noun • an assistant subject to the authority or control of another • a word that is more specific than a given word verb • rank or order as less important or consider of less value • make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
	supplementary				adjectiveadj
	adjective satellite • functioning in a supporting capacity • added to complete or make up a deficiency