Big
Big adjective - Having great meaning or lasting effect.
Second rate is an antonym for big.
Nearby Word: bigness
Second rate
Both terms in one sentence
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I Really Hate My Job: A small, second rate, rat-infested cafe full of waitresses waiting for their big break is the setting of the film.
Source: Greasy Spoon -
Beneath Suspicion: The Big Bad was Cluemaster, who Batman had dismissed as a "second rate Riddler knock-off" previously.
Source: Comic Book / Batman Eternal
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Second rate and Big. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/big/second_rate
Big & Second rate. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/big/second_rate>.
Second rate or Big. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/big/second_rate.
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