Supporting role

Synonyms for "supporting role" (40 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

Adjective(4 words)
aideassistantauxiliaryauxiliary function
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (12)

Adjective(4 words)
backing rolebackupbackup workercomplementary role

Related words (20)

Adjective(6 words)
reinforcing rolesecondarysecondary roleside charactersubsidiarysupporting character

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
argument aidcharacter roledescriptordramatic roleeducational termpositionqualifierrole

More specific

14 entries
auxiliary functiondeuteragonistensemble partevidential supportexplanatory exampleillustrative exampleoffice aideproject aidesecondary charactersecondary functionside charactersubsidiary tasksupporting actorteam assistant

Collocations

9 entries
auxiliary functionback-up positionbackup rolecomplementary roledeuteragonistminor rolesecondary roleside charactersupporting actor

Inflections

7 entries
more supportingmost supportingsupport rolessupportedsupportingsupporting rolessupports

Derivations

4 entries