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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | alternate, backup, double, proxy, second, surrogate, understudy |
| Main Entry: | fill in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act as substitute |
| Synonyms: | deputize, insinuate, interject, interpose, replace, represent, stand in, substract, take the place of, understudy |
| Main Entry: | replace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take the place of; put in place of |
| Synonyms: | alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, front for, give back, mend, oust, outplace, patch, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restitute, restore, retrieve, ring, ring in, shift, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, sub, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, swap places, take out, take over, take over from |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | supplant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace, replace |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce, cast out, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, force out, front for, oust, outplace, overthrow, remove, ring, ring in, sit in, stand in, substitute, succeed, supersede, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp |
| Main Entry: | pinch-hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | act for, alternate, answer for, back up, be in place of, change, commute, cover for, deputize, displace, do the work of, double for, fill in, fill in for, fill one's position, go as, proxy, relieve, replace, serve in one's stead, spell, stand for, stand in, stand in for, sub, supersede, supplant, supply, swap, swap places with, switch, take another's place, take over |
| Main Entry: | actor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs, entertains by role-playing |
| Synonyms: | amateur, artist, barnstormer, bit player, character, clown, comedian, entertainer, extra, foil, ham, hambone, headliner, idol, impersonator, ingénue, lead, mime, mimic, pantomimist, performer, play-actor, player, soubrette, stand-in, star, stooge, straight person, thesp, thespian, trouper, understudy, ventriloquist, villain, walk-on |
| Antonyms: | audience, fan |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | backup, double, equivalent, fill-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, surrogate |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
| Antonyms: | necessity |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
| Synonyms: | agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
| Notes: | as a noun, delegate is a person appointed or elected to represent others - as a verb delegate means to transfer power or authority to someone; relegate means to refer to another person for decision or judgment or assign to a lower position or reduce in rank a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | double |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something which exactly resembles another |
| Synonyms: | angel, clone, companion, coordinate, copy, counterpart, dead ringer, duplicate, image, impersonator, lookalike, match, mate, picture, portrait, reciprocal, replica, ringer, simulacrum, spitting image, stand-in, twin |
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