All second synonyms
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S s verb second
- help β to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- go along with β permit, consent to
- allying β to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- grooved β simple past tense and past participle of groove.
- inking β a fluid or viscous substance used for writing or printing.
- make like β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- co-ordinate β If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- cooperate β If you cooperate with someone, you work with them or help them for a particular purpose. You can also say that two people cooperate.
- get behind β support: a cause, etc.
- hyping β to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- casting vote β When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- concerting β a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
noun second
- coconspirator β a fellow conspirator
- coworker β Your coworkers are the people you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you.
- germination β to begin to grow or develop.
- expositor β A person or thing that explains complicated ideas or theories.
- hour β a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- jiff β a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
- hickey β Slang. a pimple. a reddish mark left on the skin by a passionate kiss.
- aide β An aide is an assistant to someone who has an important job, especially in government or in the armed forces.
- jiffy β a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
- moment β an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
- whitehead β Alfred North, 1861β1947, English philosopher and mathematician, in the U.S. after 1924.
- wink β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- abettor β a person who abets.
- months β Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- week β a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- lieutenant β Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
- coworkers β a fellow worker; colleague.
- whiteheads β Plural form of whitehead.
- chronology β The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- espouser β One who espouses; one who embraces or adopts the cause of another.
- defect β A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
- expounder β A person who expounds, explains.
- nevus β any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- beauty spot β A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- hours β a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- crewman β A crewman is a member of a crew.
adjective second
adj second
- for the birds β any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- back seat β a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- bifold β foldable in two places
- junior β younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- least β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- microcosmic β a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm).
- duple β having two parts; double; twofold.