substitute replacement | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
coffee substitute | a drink resembling coffee that is sometimes substituted for it |
deputy surrogate | a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others |
father figure father surrogate | a man who takes over all the functions of the real father |
stand-in substitute relief reliever backup backup man fill-in | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult), the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes, we need extra employees for summer fill-ins |
substitute reserve second-stringer | an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced |
surrogate alternate replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
surrogate mother | a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so, a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term |
substitute replace interchange exchange | put in the place of another, switch seemingly equivalent items, the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt, substitute regular milk with fat-free milk, synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning |
substitute sub stand in fill in | be a substitute, The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague, The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet |
substitute deputize deputise step in | act as a substitute, She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold |
foster surrogate | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties, foster parent, foster child, foster home, surrogate father |
ersatz substitute | artificial and inferior, ersatz coffee, substitute coffee |
alternate alternative substitute | serving or used in place of another, an alternative plan |
utility(a) substitute(a) | capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team, a utility infielder |