surrogate
adjective/ˈsɜrəɡət/
Frequency rank: #8,802 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person or thing that acts as a substitute for another.
Example sentence
Since they could not conceive on their own, the couple asked a friend to serve as their surrogate mother.
Synonyms & related words
- substitute
- replacement
- stand-in
- proxy
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