bottom dog

noun

An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).

Opposite
top dog
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Meanings

nounbottom dog (plural bottom dogs)

plural bottom dogs

  1. An underdog (someone at a disadvantage).

    There was also a belief that they had been taken advantage of - "kicked from pillar to post, the bottom dogs in the labour market because of the inherent love of railmen for their jobs", according to one NUR member.

    2023 March 22, Mike Esbester, “Staff, the public and industry will suffer”, in RAIL, number 979, page 38

    Antonyms: top dog

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn underdog (someone at a disadvantage).

Opposite
top dog
Also see
underdog
Cite this entry
APA

bottom dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20dog

MLA

“bottom dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20dog. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bottom dog,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bottom%20dog.

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