third class

1. 1.

   mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates

   Synonymsthird-class mail

   Broadermail

   Narrowerjunk mail
2. 2.

   inexpensive accommodations on a ship or train

   Synonymstourist class

   Broaderaccommodation

Questions about third class

What does third class mean?

third class means "mail consisting of printed matter qualifying for reduced postal rates". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for third class?

Close synonyms include third-class mail, tourist class. 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 third class a common word?

third class is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.