What does second-rater mean?

second-rater means "a person of second-rate ability or value".

How many syllables are in second-rater?

second-rater has 4 syllables and divides as se-con-d-ra-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for second-rater?

Close synonyms include mediocrity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is second-rater a common word?

second-rater is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Second-rater — meaning, 1 synonym and examples

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a person of second-rate ability or value
“a team of aging second-raters”
“shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him”
Synonymsmediocrity
Broaderperson

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What does second-rater mean?: second-rater means "a person of second-rate ability or value".
How many syllables are in second-rater?: second-rater has 4 syllables and divides as se-con-d-ra-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for second-rater?

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