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first string

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A group of players that play regularly or start games for a sports team.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
  • noun the first violinist in an orchestra.

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synonyms (27)

Words with the same meaning

  1. capital
  2. cast
  3. class
  4. company
  5. complement
  6. crew
  7. eight
  8. eleven
  9. famous
  10. first
  11. first team
  12. first-rate
  13. five
  14. nine
  15. platoon
  16. prime
  17. reserves
  18. rowing crew
  19. second string
  20. second team
  21. squad
  22. string
  23. superior
  24. team
  25. third string
  26. top
  27. varsity

relateds (1)

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  1. first-string

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