first-string

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: first string, first-strike

Antonyms: first string, first-strike

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. describing the members of a [[sports]] [[team]] who [[play]] [[regularly]] at the start of a [[match]] (rather than being substituted on)

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.