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PRIME Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word prime. (opposite meanings)
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auxiliary
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• someone who acts as assistant

adjective satellite

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• furnishing added support

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

mediocre
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• moderate to inferior in quality

• lacking exceptional quality or ability

• poor to middling in quality

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

second-rate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moderate to inferior in quality

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

supplementary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• added to complete or make up a deficiency

subpar
adjectiveadj
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composite
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

noun

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers

adjective satellite

• consisting of separate interconnected parts

Alternatives for AUXILIARY

Alternatives for INCIDENTAL

Alternatives for INFERIOR

Alternatives for MEDIOCRE

Alternatives for MINOR

Alternatives for NONESSENTIAL

Alternatives for SECOND-RATE

Alternatives for SECONDARY

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