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second best
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun second best has 1 sense
- second best(n = noun.person) runner-up - the competitor who finishes second; Array is a kind of challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival
THESAURUS
second best
Mickey Mouse, base, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, disappointing, falling short, fourth-class, inferior, irregular, low class, low quality, low-class, low-grade, low-quality, low-test, mean, paltry, poor, punk, second best, second-class, seedy, shabby, tacky, tantalizing, teasing, third-class, third-rate, tinny, unsatisfactory
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