second string

second string
Synonyms and related words:
agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, back seat, backup, cast, change, changeling, common, company, comparison, complement, copy, counterfeit, crew, demeaning, deputy, disadvantaged, double, dummy, eight, eleven, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, fake, fill-in, first string, first team, five, ghost, ghostwriter, humble, humbleness, humility, imitation, in the shade, inferior, inferiority, infra dig, junior, juniority, less, lesser, locum tenens, low, lower, lowliness, lowly, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, minor, minority, modest, next best thing, nine, ordinary, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, platoon, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, ringer, rowing crew, second fiddle, second rank, second team, secondariness, secondary, servile, servility, sign, spares, squad, stand-in, string, sub, subaltern, subject, subjection, subordinacy, subordinate, subordination, subservience, subservient, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, team, third rank, third string, token, underprivileged, understudy, utility player, varsity, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent, vulgar

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  • second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n. * * * See second string …   Universalium

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  • second string — also second string N SING: oft N n If you describe a person or thing as someone s second string, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available. ...a second string team. ...her second string horse …   English dictionary

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