second best

Speech parts

1. second best - Noun

2. second best - Adjective

3. second best - Adverb

4. second best - Adjective Satellite

the competitor who finishes second

next to the best

in second place

Source: WordNet

second-best

second acceptable inferior mediocre second fiddle second-class second-rate runner up not bad second string good enough number two after the best choice number two inferior to the best

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prime premier first best leading top

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challenger competition rival competitor contender

third best

We must as second best ... take the least of the evils. Aristotle

It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. Hilaire Belloc

I don't play in any tournaments to come second best. Andy Murray

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. Doris Lessing

Item, I give unto my wife my second best bed, with the furniture. William Shakespeare

The best time to plan a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. African Proverb