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locum

NOUN

substitute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

backup replacement stand-in surrogate

STRONG

agent alternate assistant auxiliary changeling delegate deputy double dummy equivalent expediency expedient fill in ghost makeshift procurator proxy recourse refuge relay relief representative reserve resort resource standby stopgap sub succedaneum successor supplanter supply symbol temp temporary understudy vicar

WEAK

dernier ressort ghost writer locum tenens pinch-hitter temporary expedient

Antonyms

STRONG

being entity permanent

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In the end her diagnosis only came after seeing a locum at her GP surgery who sent her for additional tests.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

However, changes to the taxation of LLPs could affect locum doctors and those working in private practice.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Dr McFarlane was previously employed as a locum GP at the Alness and Invergordon Medical Group, but the BBC understands he has not worked there for around a year.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

The Pharmacists Defence Association said the £670,000 unpaid wage bill related to locum staff who worked for Jhoots branches across the UK.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Industriaque simul et Temperantia inerti� locum assumant et prodigalitatis.

From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick

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