second best



second best

something that is not as good as the thing that you really want I know exactly what sort of apartment I'm looking for and I'm not going to settle for second best.
See also: second

second best

Also, second class. Next after the first in rank or quality, inferior to the best, as in We aren't satisfied with being second best in sales, or This hotel is obviously second class. The first term dates from the first half of the 1400s, the variant from about 1800. Also see come off, def. 2; second class.
See also: second

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mithridates-Ancient Persian (Hellenized)
JaskaYAHS-kahFinnish
Flutura-Albanian
Jeremiasye-re-MEE-ahs (German), YE-re-mee-ahs (Finnish)German, Portuguese, Finnish
Varghese-Indian, Malayalam
Oyibo-Western African, Urhobo