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second |
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B, Janus-like, Maecenas, OK, abettor, abundant year, academic year, accept, accredit, acolyte, adjutant, admirer,
advance, advocate, affirm, aficionado, agent, aid, aide-de-camp, aide, aider, alternate, alternative, ambidextrous, amen, angel, annum, another, apologist,
approve, approve of, assign,
assist, assistant, attendant, authenticate, authorize, autograph, auxiliary, back,
back up, backer, best man, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bissextile year, bivalent, breath, buff, calendar month, calendar year,
century, certify, champion, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, common year, conduplicate,
confirm, consecutive intervals, cosign, countersign, coup, crack,
day, decade, decennary,
decennium, defective, defective year, defender, degree, dependence, deputy, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, disomatous,
double-faced, double, dual,
duple, duplex, duplicate,
encourage, encourager, endorse,
endorser, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, espouse, executive officer, exponent, fan, favor, favorer, fifth, fiscal year, flash, following, fortnight, fourth, friend at court, geminate, geminated, get behind, get in behind, girl Friday, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur,
give thumbs up, go along with, half a jiffy,
half a mo, half a second, half a shake, half
step, halftone, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, hour, initial, instant, interval, irregular, jiff, jiffy, later, leap year, less semitone, lieutenant, lover, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, mainstay, maintainer,
man-hour, man Friday, melodic interval, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, move, newer, next, notarize, note, number two, octave, other, parallel octaves, paranymph, paraprofessional, partisan, pass, pass on, pass upon, patron, patronize, permit, promote, promoter, protagonist, quarter, quinquennium, ratify, regular year, reliance, relocate, right hand, rubber stamp, run interference for, sanction, say amen to, schlock, schmatte, seal, sec, second-best, secondarily,
secondary, seconder, secondly,
sectary, semester, semitone,
servant, session, seventh, shake, shift, side with, sideman, sider, sidereal year,
sign, sign and seal, sixth,
solar year, split second, sponsor,
stalwart, stand-in, stand back of, stand behind, stand by, standby, step, stick by, stick up for, stroke, subordinate, subscribe to, subsequent, substitute, sun, support, supporter, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, surrogate, sustainer, swear and affirm, swear to, sympathizer, take sides with, term, third, tick, tone, transfer, trice, trimester, twelvemonth, twin, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twinned, twitch, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story, two shakes, twofold, undersign, understudy, underwrite, unison interval, upholder, validate, visa, vise, votary, warrant, week, weekday, well-wisher, whole step, wink, year, younger
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second best |
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Mickey Mouse, base, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, disappointing, falling short, fourth-class, inferior, irregular,
low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, low class, low quality, mean, paltry, poor,
punk, second-class, second best, seedy, shabby, tacky, tantalizing, teasing,
third-class, third-rate, tinny, unsatisfactory
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second childhood |
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advanced age, advanced years, age of retirement, an incurable disease, anility, caducity, childishness, debility, decline,
decline of life, declining years, decrepitude, dotage, dotardism, eld, elderliness, feebleness, green old age, hale old age, hoary age, infirm old age, infirmity, infirmity of age, longevity, old age, oldness, pensionable age, ricketiness, ripe old age,
senectitude, senile debility, senile dementia, senile psychosis, senile weakness, senilism, senility,
senior citizenship, superannuation, the downward slope, the golden years, vale of years, white hairs
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second fiddle |
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back seat, cog, commonality, commonalty, creature, flunky, follower, hoi polloi, humbleness, humility, inferior, inferiority, junior, juniority, lightweight, lower class, lower orders,
lowliness, masses, minority,
pawn, second string, secondariness,
secondary, servility, subaltern, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate, subordination, subservience,
third string, third stringer, underling, understrapper, yes-man
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second nature |
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automatism, bad habit, characteristic, creature of habit, custom, force of habit, habit, habit pattern,
habitude, pattern, peculiarity,
practice, praxis, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, trick, usage, use, way, wont
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second sight |
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ESP, a priori knowledge, anticipation, buddhi, clairsentience, clairvoyance, direct apprehension, extrasensory perception, foresight, immediate cognition, insight, inspiration, intuition, intuitionism, intuitive reason, intuitiveness, intuitivism, knowledge without thought, lucidity, precognition, premonition, psychometry, satori, second-sightedness, sixth sense, subconscious knowledge, subconscious perception, unmediated perception
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second string |
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agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, back seat, backup, cast, change,
changeling, common, company, comparison, complement, copy, counterfeit, crew,
demeaning, deputy, disadvantaged, double, dummy, eight, eleven, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, fake, fill-in, first string, first team, five, ghost, ghostwriter, humble, humbleness,
humility, imitation, in the shade,
inferior, inferiority, infra dig,
junior, juniority, less,
lesser, locum tenens, low,
lower, lowliness, lowly,
makeshift, metaphor, metonymy,
minor, minority, modest, next best thing, nine, ordinary, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, platoon, proxy,
relief, replacement, representative, reserves, ringer, rowing crew, second fiddle, second rank, second team, secondariness, secondary, servile, servility, sign, spares, squad, stand-in, string, sub, subaltern, subject, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate, subordination, subservience,
subservient, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, team, third rank,
third string, token, underprivileged, understudy, utility player, varsity, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent, vulgar
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second thoughts |
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about-face, afterthought, afterthoughts, ambitendency, ambivalence, better thoughts,
capriciousness, change of mind, changeableness,
developed thought, double-mindedness, dubiety, dubiousness, fence-sitting, fence-straddling, fickleness, flip-flop, flip, inconstancy, indecision, indecisiveness, infirmity of purpose, instability, irresolution,
mature judgment, mature thought, mercuriality, mugwumpery, mugwumpism, re-examination, reappraisal,
reconsideration, rethinking, revaluation, reversal, reverse, review, right-about-face, right-about,
ripe idea, second thought, tergiversating, tergiversation, turnabout, turnaround, uncertainty, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unsettledness, unsettlement, volte-face
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second to none |
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beyond compare, beyond comparison, easily first,
facile princeps, immortal, incomparable, inimitable, invincible, matchless, nulli secundus, peerless, sui generis, unapproachable, unapproached,
unbeatable, unequaled, unexampled, unexcelled, unique, unmatchable, unmatched, unparagoned, unparalleled, unpeered, unrivaled, unsurpassable, unsurpassed, without equal, without
parallel
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second wind |
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new birth, palingenesis, palingenesy,
reanimation, rebirth, recrudescence,
refreshment, regeneracy, regenerateness, regeneration, regenesis, rejuvenation,
rejuvenescence, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurgence, resurrection, resuscitation, revival,
revivescence, revivescency, revivification, second
youth
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second-class |
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Mickey Mouse, base, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, declasse, fourth-class, hack, inferior, irregular,
low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, mean, paltry,
poor, punk, second-best,
second-rate, seedy, shabby, tacky, third-class, third-rate, tinny
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second-rate |
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Mickey Mouse, base, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, declasse, fourth-class, hack, inferior, irregular,
low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, mean, paltry,
poor, punk, second-best,
second-class, seedy, shabby, tacky, third-class, third-rate, tinny
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split second |
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breath, breathing, coup,
crack, flash, half a jiffy,
half a mo, half a second, half a shake, instant, jiff, jiffy, microsecond,
millisecond, minute, moment,
sec, second, shake, stroke, tick, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, wink
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Main entries similar to: second
abet, abettor, accept, accredit, acolyte, adjutant, admirer, advocate, affirm, aficionado, agent, aid, aide,
alternate, ambidextrous, angel, annum, another, apologist, approve, assign, assist, assistant, attach, attendant, authenticate, authorize, auxiliary, back, back up, backer,
best man, bilateral, binary, breath, buff, century, certify, champion,
coadjutor, confirm, countersign, coup, crack, day, decade, defender,
degree, dependence, deputy, diapason, double, dual, duplex, duplicate, endorse, endorser, executive officer, exponent, fan, fifth, flash, fortnight, fourth, friend at
court, geminate, halftone, help, helper, helpmate, hour, indorse, initial,
instant, interval, irregular, Janus-like, jiffy, leap year, lieutenant, lover, luster, mainstay, man-hour, millennium, minute, moment, month, moon, notarize, note,
octave, OK, paranymph, partisan, pass, pass on, patron, permit, promoter, protagonist, quarter, ratify, recommend, reject, reliance, rubber stamp, sanction, schlock, seal, sec, secondary, seconder, sectary,
semester, servant, session, seventh, shake, side with, sign, sixth, split second, sponsor, stalwart, stand, stand behind, stand by, stand in, standby, step, stick up for, stroke, subscribe to, substitute, sun, support, supporter, sustainer, swear to, sympathizer, take sides, term, third, tick, tone, trice,
trimester, twin, twinkle, twinkling, twitch, two shakes, two-faced, two-ply, two-sided, twofold, undersign, understudy, underwrite, upholder, validate, vindicate, votary, warrant, week, well-wisher, wink, year
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