second-in-command
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- noun
Synonyms for second-in-command
deputy
Synonyms
- deputy
- assistant
- subordinate
- understudy
- adjutant
- depute
- successor designate
- number two
- right-hand man or woman
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Words related to second-in-command
someone who relieves a commander
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