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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secondary role player |
| Synonyms: | back seat, benchwarmer, low man on totem pole, reserves, second banana, second string, second stringer, second team, secondary role, understudy |
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person that serves another |
| Synonyms: | aide, assistant, attendant, dependent, deputy, flunky, gofer, helper, inferior, junior, peon, poor relation, scrub, second, second fiddle, second string, serf, servant, slave, subaltern, third string, underling |
| Antonyms: | boss, chief, leader, major, manager, master, superior |
| Main Entry: | underling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subordinate |
| Synonyms: | aide, assistant, attendant, deputy, flunky, gofer, helper, inferior, lackey, minion, peon, scrub, second, second fiddle, second stringer, serf, servant, slave |
| Main Entry: | second banana |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sidekick |
| Synonyms: | assistant, chorus, deputy, runnerup, second fiddle, second string, second-rater, substitute, supporting role |
| Main Entry: | inferior |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | less in rank, importance |
| Synonyms: | back seat, bottom, bottom-rung, entry-level, junior, less, lesser, lower, menial, minor, minus, nether, peon, second, second-banana, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, subsidiary, under, underneath |
| Antonyms: | best, better, extraordinary, first-class, first-rate, foremost, superior |
| Main Entry: | lesser |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, secondary |
| Synonyms: | a notch under, bottom, bush, bush-league, dinky, insignificant, less important, low, lower, minor, minor-league, nether, second-fiddle, second-string, slighter, small, small-fry, small-time, subjacent, subordinate, third-string, undersized |
| Antonyms: | greater, higher, major, superior |
| Main Entry: | lower |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under, inferior |
| Synonyms: | bush-league, curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, lesser, low, lower rung, minor, nether, pared down, reduced, second-class, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under |
| Antonyms: | higher, important, superior |
| Main Entry: | subordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lesser, supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adjuvant, ancillary, auxiliary, baser, below par, collateral, contributory, dependent, inferior, insignificant, junior, low, lower, minor, paltry, satellite, second-fiddle, second-string, secondary, smaller, sub, subaltern, subalternate, subject, submissive, subnormal, subservient, subsidiary, substract, tributary, under, underaverage, unequal |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, major, necessary, superior, vital |
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