English Explanatory Dictionary

second-rate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen.
Of mediocre quality; not first-rate.

noun

A second-rate ship of the line.

Pronunciation

En-us-second-rate.ogg

Word forms

second-rate second rate second-rates

Synonyms

inferior medium-quality second-class ass bad base below par bottom-shelf BTEC bum cheap cheap and nasty cheapshit cheesy chintzy coffee-and crap crappo crappy craptastic crapperific craptabulous craptacular cruddy crummy dogwater drecky flimsy fourth-rate gash garbage god-awful lousy low low-grade low-quality low-rent made in China mid naughty one-star poor poor man's pound-shop punk rinky-dink ropy rubbish sad schlocky scrubby second-rate shoddy slazy slight slim subpar shit shite shitty

Related words

fifth-rate first-rate fourth-rate mediocre second-class sixth-rate subpar substandard third-rate three-decker

Derived words

second-rater

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