Second fiddle Moderate

Second fiddle has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

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

second fiddle second banana

a secondary role or function

"he hated to play second fiddle to anyone"

second fiddle

A fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.

See Also

fiddle harmony second violinist sidekick role lead fiddle second banana subordinate

Related Terms

fiddle harmony second violinist sidekick role lead fiddle second banana subordinate second fiddles first fiddle take back seat violin second violin play second fiddle

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

subordinate function

Rhyming Words

dle adle idle fdle codle oodle ladle padle bodle sidle addle waddle huddle biddle riddle feddle widdle muddle weddle nuddle

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