Thesaurus results for SECOND BANANA

second banana

noun

as in top banana

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Recent Examples of second banana The show was built around Vaughn’s debonair American agent, Napoleon Solo, with Mr. McCallum’s character initially envisioned as little more than a cerebral second banana from the Soviet Union. —

Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023 Trump himself has reveled in the notion that his Republican rivals are motivated by nothing more than the dream of being his second banana during a MAGA restoration. —

Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023 Reavis 3-0 (NR) Junior midfielder Diego Ochoa is the perfect second banana to Ahmed Dhalai. —

Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023 As many as eight candidates will vie for the enviable role of second banana to Donald Trump and the right to be pummeled into submission by the former president, at least for the next month or so. —

Gerard Baker, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for second banana

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Noun

In Planet of the Apes and for some reason Better Man, these apes are first on the call sheet, Chimps in a Leading Role, top banana.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
So which restaurant did Yelp readers declare top banana?

— Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2022