Definition for Second fiddle:

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

Synonyms for Second fiddle:

• n.

  •inferior (noun)
  • flop,
  • dud,
  • lemon,
  • loser,
  • failure,
  • also-ran,
  • turkey,
  • second,
  • underdog,
  • subordinate,
  • subaltern,
  • second banana,
  • inferior,
  • nonstarter,
  • has-been,
  • underling,
  • underachiever,
  • reject,
  • born loser.
  •person (noun)
  • second banana.
  •secondary role player (noun)
  • second banana,
  • second team,
  • secondary role,
  • benchwarmer,
  • back seat,
  • low man on totem pole,
  • understudy,
  • reserves.
  •sidekick (noun)
  • second banana.
  •subordinate (noun)
  • underling.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • hoi polloi,
  • follower,
  • pawn,
  • subservience,
  • subordination,
  • deficient,
  • Juniority,
  • reserves,
  • subjection,
  • commonality,
  • flunky,
  • secondary role,
  • subsidiary,
  • secondary,
  • cog,
  • benchwarmer,
  • masses,
  • inferiority,
  • lightweight,
  • humility,
  • minority,
  • Subordinacy,
  • sub,
  • Secondariness,
  • lower orders,
  • commonalty,
  • Lowliness,
  • second-stringer,
  • second team,
  • junior,
  • back seat,
  • Understrapper,
  • creature,
  • yes-man,
  • understudy,
  • lower class,
  • humbleness,
  • servility,
  • low man on totem pole.

Homophones for Second fiddle:

• snout beetle.