| Main Entry: | vicarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done or felt for, or on behalf of, another |
Synonyms: |
by proxy, commissioned, delegated, deputed, empathetic, eventual, imagined, indirect, pretended, secondary, substituted, substitutional, surrogate, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | eventual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | future, concluding |
Synonyms: |
closing, conditional, consequent, contingent, dependent, down the pike, down the road, ending, endmost, ensuing, final, hindmost, in the cards, indirect, inevitable, last, later, latter, overall, possible, prospective, resulting, secondary, succeeding, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, vicarious |
Antonyms: |
past |
| Main Entry: | secondary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | derivative |
Synonyms: |
auxiliary, borrowed, consequent, dependent, derivate, derivational, derived, developed, eventual, indirect, proximate, resultant, resulting, second-hand, subordinate, subsequent, subsidiary, vicarious |
Antonyms: |
causative, primary, source |
| 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, substitutive, supplemental, supplementary, supposititious, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarial, vicarious |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, feeling |
Synonyms: |
affectionate, all heart, appreciating, benign, benignant, caring, commiserating, compassionate, comprehending, condoling, considerate, having heart in right place, interested, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loving, pitying, responsive, sensitive, soft, softhearted, supportive, sympathizing, tender, thoughtful, understanding, vicarious, warm, warmhearted |
Antonyms: |
callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned, unfeeling, unsympathetic |
| Main Entry: | sympathetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | agreeable, friendly |
Synonyms: |
amenable, appreciative, approving, companionable, compatible, congenial, congruous, consistent, consonant, cool, down, encouraging, favorably disposed, having a heart, in sympathy with, like-minded, on same wavelength, open, open-minded, pro*, receptive, responsive, simpatico, tuned in, vicarious, well-disposed, well-intentioned |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool, disagreeable, unfriendly, unsociable, unsympathetic |
| Concept: | Substitute. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
substitute; deputy; badli.
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