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Synonyms for second-fiddle
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
Top 10 synonyms for second-fiddle Other synonyms for the word second-fiddle
- a notch under
- ancillary
- back seat
- baser
- below par
- benchwarmer
- bottom-rung
- bush
- bush-league
- contributory
- dependent
- diminished
- dinky
- entry-level
- inferior
- junior
- less
- less important
- lessened
- low
- low man on totem pole
- lower
- lower rung
- menial
- minor
- minor-league
- minus
- nether
- paltry
- pared down
- peon
- reduced
- reserves
- satellite
- second
- second banana
- second string
- second stringer
- second team
- second-banana
- second-class
- second-fiddle
- second-string
- secondary role
- slighter
- small
- small-fry
- small-time
- smaller
- sub
- subaltern
- subalternate
- subjacent
- subject
- submissive
- subnormal
- subordinate
- subservient
- subsidiary
- substract
- third-string
- tributary
- under
- underaverage
- underneath
- undersized
- understudy
- unequal
Définition of second-fiddle
- As in inferior : adj less in rank, importance
- As in lesser : adj inferior, secondary
- As in lower : adj under, inferior
- As in subordinate : adj lesser, supplementary
- As in second fiddle : noun secondary role player
- Mrs. Fox-Darriel found the rle of second-fiddle a little dull; still, it was well worth while to play it.
- Extract from : « The Confounding of Camelia » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Bill declined to play the second-fiddle parts; he took himself out of Mary's orchestra entirely.
- Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
- He found it hard to believe a man of my sort, so self-assured, would stand the truth from a man of his second-fiddle sort.
- Extract from : « The Deluge » by David Graham Phillips
Antonyms for second-fiddle
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