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| Main Entry: | backup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | auxiliary |
| Synonyms: | alternate, extra, substitute |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | backup, double, equivalent, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub*, surrogate, fill-in |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
| Antonyms: | necessity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | other, alternate |
| Synonyms: | another, different, second, substitute, surrogate, back-up, flipside, other side |
| Main Entry: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
| Synonyms: | opportunity, option, other, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub*, substitute, back-up, druthers, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, take it or leave it |
| Antonyms: | compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assistant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | helper |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, associate, attendant, auxiliary, backer, backup*, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, confederate, deputy, flunky*, follower, friend, gofer*, help, helpmate, mate, partner, patron, peon*, representative, secretary, subordinate, supporter, coadjutant, cooperator, fellow worker, right-hand person, temp, temporary worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | auxiliary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | supplementary |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, backup, complementary, extra, reserve, secondary, spare, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary, supporting, abetting, adjuvant, appurtenant, contributory |
| Antonyms: | body, main |
| Main Entry: | deputy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant, agent |
| Synonyms: | aide, ambassador, appointee, backup, commissioner, delegate, factor, legate, minister, proxy, regent, replacement, representative, sub, subordinate, substitute, surrogate, assembly member, councilor, dogcatcher, lieutenant, representant, second-in-command |
| Antonyms: | chief, manager |
| Main Entry: | helper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, attendant, backer, backup*, coadjutor, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, follower, friend, gal Friday*, girl Friday*, gofer*, help, helpmate, henchman, man Friday*, partner, secretary, servant, subordinate, supporter, coadjutant, fellow worker, paraprofessional, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person, temp, temporary worker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | henchman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | follower |
| Synonyms: | abettor, accessory, accomplice, adherent, adjunct, aide, ally, appointee, apprentice, assistant, attendant, backer, backup*, bodyguard, coadjutor, cohort, collaborator, colleague, companion, deputy, flunky, friend, gal Friday*, girl Friday*, gofer*, hanger-on, help, helper, helpmate, lackey, man Friday*, partner, secretary, servant, sidekick*, stooge*, subordinate, supporter, yes-person*, coadjutant, fellow worker, hatchet man/woman, right-hand man/woman, right-hand person |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nest egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saved money |
| Synonyms: | backup, cache, funds, investment, mad money*, means, provisions, reserve, resources, savings, savings account, stockpile, emergency funds, life savings, money in the bank, piggy bank, rainy day fund, reserve fund, reserves, sinking fund, something for a rainy day, something to fall back on, stash, stash, unexpended balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proxy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent |
| Synonyms: | alternate, ambassador, attorney, backup, broker, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, executor, intermediary, lawyer, negotiator, representative, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, assignee, mediary |
| Main Entry: | standby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | assistant, backup, deputy, double, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub*, successor, temporary, understudy, fill-in, pinch-hitter, temp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subsidiary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secondary, helpful |
| Synonyms: | accessory, ancillary, assistant, assisting, auxiliary, backup, branch, collateral, cooperative, lesser, minor, serviceable, subject, subordinate, subservient, supplemental, supplementary, useful, adjuvant, aiding, appurtenant, contributory, tributory |
| Antonyms: | chief, important, necessary |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap*, supplemental, supplementary, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarious, substitutive, supposititious, vicarial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something that takes the place of another |
| Synonyms: | agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, delegate, deputy, double, dummy, equivalent, expedient, ghost, ghost writer, makeshift, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap*, sub*, successor, supply, surrogate, symbol, temporary, understudy, vicar, changeling, dernier ressort, expediency, fill-in, locum, locum tenens, pinch-hitter, procurator, succedaneum, supplanter, temp, temporary expedient |
| Antonyms: | permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surrogate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that acts as |
| Synonyms: | alternate, backup, delegate, deputy, expedient, makeshift, pinch hitter, proxy, recourse, refuge, replacement, representative, resort, resource, stand-in, stopgap*, sub*, expediency, fill-in, substitute agent |
| Antonyms: | real |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understudy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | alternate, backup, double, pinch hitter, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub*, successor, fill-in, stand-by |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stand-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | alternate, backup, double, replacement, second, understudy, fill-in |
| Main Entry: | pinch hitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute batter |
| Synonyms: | alternate, backup, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, substitute, understudy, DH, designated hitter, fill-in |
| Main Entry: | utility player |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | versatile player |
| Synonyms: | backup, bench, jack-of-all-trades, replacement, second string, secondary, sub, substitute, bench jockey, benchwarmer, succedaneum |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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