SECONDARIES Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

secondaries

noun

plural of secondary

as in dependents

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Noun

Robinson and Stone are both redshirt juniors who have played alongside each other for the last four years at Duke.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Don’t cut the apprenticeship For employers, better output creates a temptation to hire fewer juniors.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of juniors

Noun

No matter how powerful, dictators have always needed subordinates—censors, propagandists, security guards, police officers, intelligence analysts, and local bureaucrats—to carry out their orders.

— Seva Gunitsky, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
Investigators have accused one of his subordinates of running a fraud scheme, though Kravchenko himself has not been charged or named a suspect.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of subordinates

Noun

Seeing her attempt to empathize with her subjects, Sang-woo extends the most backhanded of compliments.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Blackview says the setup can pick out subjects from kilometers away, although that extreme-distance performance will depend heavily on visibility and shooting conditions.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of subjects

Noun

His underlings kidnapped and tortured a dealer who refused to pay, the indictment said.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Lamb, who was once floated for the service’s top job, treats his current position as a kind of penance for past sins, both for himself and for his underlings.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

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