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Exact Match:

second

a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?"

the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"

following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a close second"

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

having the second highest gear ratio; "second gear"

coming next after first; "a second chance"; "the second vice president"

a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"

coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy"

transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"

give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

Synonyms:

• B,
• Janus-like,
• Maecenas,
• OK,
• abettor,
• abundant year,
• academic year,
• accept,
• accredit,
• acolyte,
• adjutant,
• admirer,
• advance,
• advocate,
• affirm,
• aficionado,
• agent,
• aid,
• aide,
• aide-de-camp,
• 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,
• double-faced,
• 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 Friday,
• man-hour,
• 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 back of,
• stand behind,
• stand by,
• stand-in,
• 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 shakes,
• two-faced,
• two-level,
• two-ply,
• two-sided,
• two-story,
• twofold,
• undersign,
• understudy,
• underwrite,
• unison interval,
• upholder,
• validate,
• visa,
• vise,
• votary,
• warrant,
• week,
• weekday,
• well-wisher,
• whole step,
• wink,
• year,
• younger