Definition for Second fiddle:

• someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role

Synonyms for Second fiddle:

• adj.

  •deficient (adjective)
  • not enough,
  • unassembled,
  • meager,
  • third string,
  • found wanting,
  • incomplete,
  • not make it,
  • insufficient,
  • outta gas,
  • wanting,
  • not cut out for,
  • flawed,
  • rarest,
  • not up to scratch.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • second fiddle.
  •person (noun)
  • second banana.
  •secondary role player (noun)
  • back seat,
  • second team,
  • secondary role,
  • second string,
  • benchwarmer,
  • low man on totem pole,
  • understudy,
  • reserves.
  •second banana (noun)
  • runnerups,
  • supporting roles,
  • second-raters,
  • second raters,
  • second rater,
  • secondraters,
  • secondrater.
  •subordinate (noun)
  • juniors,
  • dependents,
  • serf,
  • poor relation,
  • underling.
  •underling (noun)
  • second stringers.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • deficient.
  •n.
  • second-rater,
  • subordinate,
  • supporting role,
  • runnerup,
  • second stringer,
  • second-banana.

Homophones for Second fiddle:

• snout beetle.

Hyponym for Second fiddle:

• n.

  • act
    office, part, role, function.
  • person
    subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier.