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second string
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second string
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, vulgarFor further exploring for "second string" in Webster Dictionary Online