| Main Entry: | standby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
assistant, backup, deputy, double, fill-in, pinch-hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub, successor, temp, temporary, understudy |
| Main Entry: | mainstay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chief support |
Synonyms: |
anchor, backbone, brace, bulwark, buttress, crutch, good right arm, linchpin, maintainer, pillar, prop, right-hand person, sinew, staff, standby, stay, strength, supporter, sustainer, upholder |
| Main Entry: | recourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
Synonyms: |
aid, appeal, choice, expediency, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stand-by, stopgap, substitute, support, way out |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something that takes the place of another |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, changeling, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort, double, dummy, equivalent, expediency, expedient, fill-in, ghost, ghost writer, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, pinch-hitter, procurator, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap, sub, succedaneum, successor, supplanter, supply, surrogate, symbol, temp, temporary, temporary expedient, understudy, vicar |
Antonyms: |
permanent |
| Main Entry: | understudy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
alternate, backup, double, fill-in, pinch hitter, replacement, reserve, stand-by, stand-in, sub, successor |
| Main Entry: | waiting list |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | list of people waiting for something |
Synonyms: |
short list, standby, waitlist |
| Main Entry: | sub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
alternate, auxiliary, backup, below, replacement, second, standby, understudy |
| Main Entry: | fill-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
alternate, backup, double, pinch hitter, replacement, stand-in, standby, sub, surrogate, temp, temporary, understudy |
| Concept: | Substitute. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
substitute; deputy; badli.
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