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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to second fiddle, such as: back seat, benchwarmer, low man on totem pole, reserves, secondary role, and second banana.
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Bill declined to play the second-fiddle parts; he took himself out of Mary's orchestra entirely.
FORE!CHARLES EMMETT VAN LOANHe 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.
THE DELUGEDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSMrs. Fox-Darriel found the rle of second-fiddle a little dull; still, it was well worth while to play it.
THE CONFOUNDING OF CAMELIAANNE DOUGLAS SEDGWICKThey might have found a place for me, too, had I consented to play second-fiddle where I had been used to lead the band.
MICAH CLARKEARTHUR CONAN DOYLEWORDS RELATED TO SECOND FIDDLE
- amiss
- bad
- damaged
- defective
- exiguous
- faulty
- flawed
- found wanting
- impaired
- incomplete
- inferior
- infrequent
- injured
- insufficient
- lacking
- marred
- meager
- not cut out for
- not enough
- not make it
- not up to scratch
- outta gas
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- second fiddle
- second string
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- third-string
- unassembled
- unequal
- unfinished
- unsatisfactory
- wanting
- weak
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.