SECOND FIDDLES Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

second fiddles

noun

plural of second fiddle

as in seconds

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Noun

In Saturday’s 79-76 victory over the Nets, Acuff scored 25 points and Clifford hit a game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds remaining.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Bellingham scored two goals 98 seconds apart in the first half, and six minutes after Jarell Quansah was sent off, Kane converted a penalty to restore England’s two-goal lead.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of seconds

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Noncertified employees – staff like bus drivers, cafeteria workers and teaching assistants – will get a 3% raise.

— Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
The appeals court ruled that Le Pen oversaw years of misuse by her National Rally party of European Parliament funds by paying staff with money intended for European Union parliamentary assistants.

— Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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However, because his hearing aids connected directly to the ringtone, the two ended up wandering around the house, using the changing volume to narrow down its location instead of listening for the phone itself.

— Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026
Apple calls it the world’s first end to end hearing health experience built into consumer earbuds, part of a growing lineup of over the counter hearing aids now reshaping how people access treatment.

— Allison Palmer July 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

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And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

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For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.

— Parents, Parents, 1 July 2026
And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of minions

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After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.

— Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026

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