(economics) A second best that is second best relative to a situation that is itself a second best.

Synonym of antepenultimate

Synonym of antepenultimate

plural of third place

(urban studies, sociology) A social space separate from the two usual social environments of home (“first place”) and the workplace (“second place”), such as a bar or public library.

A third gender, a category of people who are not male or female, or whose sexual roles, anatomy, or identities place them outside of the established male and female categories.

plural of third rate

One who is a third string.

Ellipsis of French Third Republic. Synonym of France (“1870-1940”) (from then end of the Second Empire to the capitulation to by Nazi Germany)

plural of third sex