back seat
Passenger row two
The back seat is the rear seating area of a vehicle, behind the driver.
To take a back seat is to assume a secondary or subordinate role: Career ambitions took a back seat after the baby arrived.
A back-seat driver offers unwanted advice or criticism to whoever is actually in control.
Lesser in rank
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- deferDelay or submit
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
- overshadowedSurpassed and diminished
passive · peripheral · marginalized · priority · spotlight · afterthought · lesser · yielding
secondary
Lesser in rank
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- deferDelay or submit
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
overshadowed · passive · peripheral · marginalized · priority · spotlight · afterthought · lesser · yielding · unassertive
passenger
Traveler, not operator
- upholsteryFurniture's textile layer
- headrestPadded seat extension for neck
- cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
bench · leather · fabric · booster · recline · interior · footwell · legroom · carpool · rideshare
- front/back pairshead, tail, fore, aft, anterior
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- Hierarchy termspecking order, junior, chain of command, secondary, totem pole
- Family Vehiclesminivan, SUV, crossover, people carrier, people mover
- rideshareUber, Lyft, rideshare, ride-hailing, taxi
- seatschair, armchair, dining chair, side chair, sofa
back seatfront seat
Forward vehicle seating
driver's seat · shotgun · passenger seat · front row · behind the wheel
back seatdriver's seat
Vehicle operator's position
front seat · helm · lead role · forefront · center stage