1. A class of accommodations on a ship, train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations
   "They booked second class tickets for their cruise to save money";
   - cabin class, economy class
    
2. Not the highest rank in a classification
   "They could only afford second class tickets for the train journey"
    
3. Not the highest quality in a classification
   "They had to settle for second class accommodations due to budget constraints"

1. By second class conveyance
   "we travelled second class"

1. Of inferior status or quality
   "a second-class citizen"; "second-class accommodations"

Derived forms: second classes

See also: inferior

Type of: accommodation, inferiority, low quality, rank

Encyclopedia: Second class