Synonyms for fifth wheel

Most common

third wheel · spare tool · spare · deadwood · gooseberry

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   Anything superfluous or unnecessary.

   I felt like a fifth wheel when both of them started giggling and making out during dinner.

Example sentences

• spare I often read comic books in my spare time at work.
• gooseberry Seems like I'm just playing gooseberry here. I should go.

By length

5 letters

spare¹

8 letters

deadwood²

10 letters

gooseberry³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deadwood² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

cinquième roue du carrosse