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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | substituting in a role |
| Synonyms: | ad interim, adjutant, alternate, assistant, delegated, deputy, interim, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, surrogate, temporary |
| Antonyms: | permanent |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | other, alternate |
| Synonyms: | another, back-up, different, flipside, other side, second, substitute, 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' |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap, substitutive, supplemental, supplementary, supposititious, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarial, vicarious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vicarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done or felt for, or on behalf of, another |
| Synonyms: | by proxy, commissioned, delegated, deputed, empathetic, eventual, imagined, indirect, pretended, secondary, substituted, substitutional, surrogate, sympathetic |
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| Main Entry: | acting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
Roscian, balatronic, buskined, comic, cothurnal, dramatic, farcical, histrionic, melodramatic, operatic, scenic, stagey, thalian, theatric, theatrical, tragi, tragic
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| Concept: | [Difference at different times] Change. |
| Category: | 1. SIMPLE CHANGE |
| Synonyms: |
-adjectives
changed; newfangled; changeable; transitional; modifiable; alterative.
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| Antonyms: | permanence |
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| Concept: | Deputy. |
| Synonyms: |
-adjectives
acting, vice, vice regal; accredited to.
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