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 vulgar