second-stringer

Questions about second-stringer

What does second-stringer mean?

second-stringer means "an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced".

How many syllables are in second-stringer?

second-stringer has 4 syllables: se-cond--strin-ger. The stress falls on "cond-".

What is another word for second-stringer?

Close synonyms include substitute, reserve. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is second-stringer a common word?

second-stringer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.