| NOUN | person | fill-in, stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) |
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| Meaning | someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). | |
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| Example | "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins" | |
| Synonyms | stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man | |
| Narrower | double, stunt man, stunt woman | A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts |
| locum tenens, locum | someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession | |
| surrogate, alternate, replacement | someone who takes the place of another person | |
| Broader | peer, equal, match, compeer | A person who is of equal standing with another in a group |
| Spanish | doble, substituto, suplente, sustituto | |
| Catalan | substitut, suplent | |
| Verbs | fill in | be a substitute |
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