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Word | Surrogate |
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; foster parent; foster child; foster home; surrogate father / providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties / A deputy / substitute / a substitute, especially a person deputizing for another in a specific role or office. / to put in the place of another: a: to appoint as successor, deputy, or substitute for oneself b: substitute / a person or thing that takes the place or performs the duties of someone or something else, | |
Usage | ⇒ She looked upon them as a surrogate family when her real parents were killed ⇒ For a fatherless child, a male teacher may become a father surrogate. ⇒ He could not attend the meeting, so he sent his surrogate. ⇒ she was regarded as the surrogate for the governor during his final illness |
Synonyms | substitute, alternate, deputy, replacement, representative, delegate, proxy, stand-in, agent, understudy, fill-in, second, backup, alternative, double, lieutenant, relief, ersatz, attorney, emissary, |
Antonyms | biological, real, foretaste, herald, originator, pioneer, predecessor, sign, |
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