SECOND BANANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second banana mean? 

• SECOND BANANA (noun)
  The noun SECOND BANANA has 2 senses:

1. a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

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

  Familiarity information: SECOND BANANA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND BANANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

second banana; straight man

Hypernyms ("second banana" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

second banana; second fiddle

Hypernyms ("second banana" is a kind of...):

foot soldier; subordinate; subsidiary; underling (an assistant subject to the authority or control of another)