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Antonyms for second-string
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Definition of second-string
- As in inferior : adj less in rank, importance
- As in junior : adj subordinate, younger
- As in lesser : adj inferior, secondary
- As in lower : adj under, inferior
- As in minor : adj insignificant, small
- As in small-time : adj minor
- As in subordinate : adj lesser, supplementary
- As in minor-league : adj minor
- As in smalltime : adj minor
- As in second string : noun group of substitute players
- Driscolls firm for starting with a second-string line, but I dont like it.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Any second-string fellow that looks as if he was being held back?
- Extract from : « Quarter-Back Bates » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- I suppose Driscoll wants to bring him around for second-string man.
- Extract from : « Center Rush Rowland » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- Nor was it the second-string outfit of the Moguls that would come.
- Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
- He took me from a second-string team and gave me a chance to make good on the Giants.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
Synonyms for second-string
- a notch under
- accessory
- adjuvant
- ancillary
- auxiliary
- back seat
- baser
- below par
- below the mark
- bench
- benchwarmers
- bottom
- bottom-rung
- bush
- bush-league
- casual
- collateral
- contributory
- curtailed
- decreased
- dependent
- diminished
- dinky
- entry-level
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- inferior
- insignificant
- junior
- junior varsity
- JV
- less
- less important
- lessened
- lesser
- light
- low
- lower
- lower rung
- menial
- minor
- minor-league
- minus
- negligible
- nether
- paltry
- pared down
- peon
- petty
- piddling
- reduced
- reserves
- satellite
- second
- second team
- second-banana
- second-class
- second-fiddle
- second-string
- secondary
- slight
- slighter
- small
- small-fry
- small-time
- smaller
- sub
- subaltern
- subalternate
- subjacent
- subject
- submissive
- subnormal
- subordinate
- subservient
- subsidiary
- substitutes
- substract
- tacky
- third-string
- tributary
- trifling
- trivial
- two-bit
- under
- underaverage
- underneath
- undersized
- unequal
- unimportant
- younger
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