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Synonyms for second-best
sec·ond-best
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Princeton's WordNet
runner-up, second bestadjective
the competitor who finishes second
Synonyms:
second best, runner-upAntonyms:
worstsecond-bestadverb
next to the best
"his second-best bed"
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worstsecond-bestadverb
in second place
"he came off second-best"
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worst
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It’s always a little disappointing when you start on the pole and can’t convert, but it was generally a good day, i think Josef had a little bit better pace than us. I think we were the second-best car. I got pretty aggressive on the restart there to try and do something and just kind of overstepped a little bit. That’s what allowed Marcus to get by.
Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.
The flip in investor sentiment regarding high-yield funds can be seen in the group's fund-flows results, as they had net outflows of $20.7 billion in Q4 - second worst quarterly net outflow ever - and they have taken in $14.3 billion in net new money in Q1 - the second best quarterly net inflow ever.
Do not accept second best.
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