Antonyms for primary

Antonyms of noun primary

Antonyms of adj primary

5 senses of primary

Sense 1:

primary (vs. secondary)

secondary (vs. primary)
alternate, alternative, substituteauxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementarycollateralindirectsecondhandsecond-stringstandbythirdhandtributaryutility(prenominal), substitute(prenominal)vicarious

Sense 2:

primary

INDIRECT (VIA underived) -> derived

Sense 3:

chief(prenominal), main(prenominal), primary(prenominal), principal(prenominal), master(prenominal)

INDIRECT (VIA important) -> unimportant

Sense 4:

elementary, elemental, primary

INDIRECT (VIA basic) -> incidental, incident

Sense 5:

basal, primary

INDIRECT (VIA essential) -> inessential, unessential