surrogate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who takes the place of another person
Types & categories
- reliever hypernym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- understudy derivation
- alternate derivation
- supplant derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 2 adjective
providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
foster parent
Related & opposite
- adoptive similar to
Sense 3 noun
a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
Types & categories
- agent hypernym
- vicegerent hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reliever |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | adoptive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | depute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deputize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | agent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | vicegerent |