second best From WikiWord Entry Discussion Read Edit View history Contents EnglishPronunciationNounRelated termsReferences English Pronunciation No pronunciation has been added yet. Nounsecond best nounSomething (or someone) that is inferior to the best. Related termsSynonymsrunner-upsecond classsub-parsub-standardsecond-to-lastnext-to-lastsecond from lastsecond-lastbetterersecond-from-lastsecond-stringalternativelow gradesub-primealternatelowgrade References Wiktionary — second best Wikipedia — second best