'Surrogate' definitions:
Definition of 'surrogate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father" [syn: foster, surrogate]
noun
Someone who takes the place of another person [syn: surrogate, alternate, replacement]
noun
A person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others [syn: deputy, surrogate]
Definition of 'Surrogate'
From: GCIDE
- Surrogate \Sur"ro*gate\, n. [L. surrogatus, p. p. of surrogare, subrogare, to put in another's place, to substitute; sub under + rogare to ask, ask for a vote, propose a law. See Rogation, and cf. Subrogate.]
- 1. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates. [1913 Webster]
- 4. a surrogate mother. [PJC]
Definition of 'Surrogate'
From: GCIDE
- Surrogate \Sur"ro*gate\, v. t. To put in the place of another; to substitute. [R.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surrogate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- champion,
- change,
- changeling,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- fake,
- father figure,
- father image,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mother figure,
- mother surrogate,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent