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synonyms for second fiddle

  • back seat
  • benchwarmer
  • low man on totem pole
  • reserves
  • second banana
  • second string
  • second stringer
  • second team
  • secondary role
  • understudy
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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 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.
THE DELUGEDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
Mrs. 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 SEDGWICK
They 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 DOYLE
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