What is another word for alternate?
1258 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɔːltˈɜːnət], [ ɔːltˈɜːnət], [ ɔː_l_t_ˈɜː_n_ə_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for alternate:- acting (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- discontinuous (adjective)
- intermittent (adjective)
- isochronal (adjective)
- on-again, off-again (adjective)
- periodic (adjective)
- recurrent (adjective)
- secondary (adjective)
- short-range (adjective)
- short-term (adjective)
- substitute (adjective)
- temporary (adjective)
- transverse (adjective)
- agent (noun)
- alternate (noun)
- alternative (noun)
- cyclic (noun)
- cyclical (noun)
- delegate (noun)
- deputy (noun)
- fill-in (noun)
- flip (noun)
- flip-flop (noun)
- pinch hitter (noun)
- proxy (noun)
- stand-in (noun)
- substitute (noun)
- surrogate (noun)
- understudy (noun)
- change (verb)
- exchange (verb)
- fluctuate (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- interchange (verb)
- interlace (verb)
- oscillate (verb)
- pinch-hit (verb)
- roll (verb)
- seesaw (verb)
- stagger (verb)
- substitute (verb)
- turn (verb)
- vacillate (verb)
- vary (verb)
- other synonyms
- change
- hesitate
- interchange
- roll
- substitute
- vary
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Alternate:
adj.
•acting (adjective) •all (adjective) •discontinuous (adjective)- un connected,
- in-coherent,
- dis connected,
- dis-ordered,
- in coherent,
- in-choate,
- un-organized,
- dis jointed,
- dis-continuous,
- more incohesive,
- dis-connected,
- in-cohesive,
- most incohesive,
- in cohesive,
- dis-jointed,
- un-connected,
- dis ordered,
- in choate,
- un organized,
- dis continuous.
- here there,
- by bits pieces,
- stop and go,
- most periodical,
- most checked,
- more recurring,
- most stop and go,
- more discontinuing,
- more periodical,
- most shifting,
- on off,
- most iterant,
- more seasonal,
- shifting,
- more stop-and-go,
- dis continuing,
- re curring,
- more punctuated,
- more checked,
- more iterant,
- most recurring,
- most punctuated,
- most stop-and-go,
- most seasonal,
- more shifting,
- more epochal,
- epochal,
- most discontinuing,
- more stop and go,
- most epochal,
- dis-continuing,
- in frequent,
- in-frequent,
- re-curring.
- every once while,
- more fluctuating,
- more on-again-off-again,
- most orbital,
- most fluctuating,
- weeklier,
- more centennial,
- re gular,
- most on again off again,
- more on again off again,
- hourliest,
- hourlier,
- more orbital,
- every once a while,
- every once in while,
- every once in a while,
- re-gular,
- most on-again-off-again,
- most centennial,
- monthlier,
- weekliest,
- monthliest.
- de pendent,
- more substract,
- more accessory,
- more small-fry,
- most reserve,
- re-lief,
- de-pendent,
- most small fry,
- most under,
- most smallfry,
- most accessory,
- more reserve,
- more backup,
- in-considerable,
- bushleague,
- in significant,
- re-serve,
- in considerable,
- un-important,
- re liefer,
- re serve,
- smallfry,
- reliefer,
- re-liefest,
- re liefest,
- most backup,
- minor-league,
- minorleague,
- more smallfry,
- most substract,
- more small fry,
- re-liefer,
- re lief,
- reliefest,
- most small-fry,
- more under.
- bandaid,
- most band aid,
- most makedo,
- un-stablest,
- over-night,
- suppliest,
- more unfixed,
- more band-aid,
- most make do,
- most unfixed,
- provisory,
- more make-do,
- un stabler,
- more make do,
- un stable,
- shortlived,
- un-stabler,
- un-fixed,
- more band aid,
- for time being,
- un fixed,
- more overnight,
- most bandaid,
- most band-aid,
- makedo,
- most make-do,
- short lived,
- more bandaid,
- more makedo,
- un-stable,
- most overnight,
- un stablest.
n.
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•
- change your mind,
- adapt,
- renounce,
- revise,
- capitulate,
- move with the times,
- move on,
- see reason/sense,
- backpedal.
- liaison,
- factor,
- agency,
- intermediary,
- middleman,
- instrument,
- broker,
- mediator,
- go-between,
- vehicle,
- actor,
- operative,
- impresario,
- ombudsman.
- take turns,
- oscillate,
- follow one another,
- rotating,
- chop and change,
- alternating,
- substitute,
- intersperse,
- every second,
- replace each other,
- Interchanging,
- or,
- consecutive,
- (repeated) one after the other,
- reciprocal,
- in turns,
- take it in turns,
- alternate bouts of depression and happiness,
- alternate weekends.
- appointee,
- second,
- figurehead,
- attorney,
- mouthpiece,
- token,
- nominee,
- servant,
- double,
- assistant,
- emissary,
- agent,
- lieutenant,
- dummy,
- aide,
- representative,
- ghost,
- envoy,
- understudy,
- proxy,
- acolyte,
- helpmate,
- auxiliary,
- spokeswoman,
- helper,
- arm,
- attendant,
- spokesman.
- flip.
v.
•change (verb)- jump.
- contacts with,
- goes over to,
- contacted with,
- swaps horses,
- ex changing,
- re-vised,
- hooking up,
- converting into,
- flipflopped,
- return compliment,
- ex-changed,
- turns the tables,
- horse trades,
- bought sell,
- re-vise,
- re-arrange,
- hooks up,
- ex-change,
- buys sell,
- trans acts,
- returns the compliment,
- returned the compliment,
- went over to,
- ex change,
- flip flop,
- buying sell,
- trans acting,
- horse traded,
- trans-acted,
- convert in to,
- flip-flopped,
- dealt in,
- returning compliment,
- trans act,
- buying and sell,
- passed to,
- buy sell,
- re arrange,
- turning tables,
- swapped horses,
- flipflopping,
- re-arranges,
- turn tables,
- trans acted,
- turning the tables,
- ex changes,
- converts into,
- passes to,
- links up,
- giving and take,
- re-vising,
- contacting with,
- cashing in,
- flip flopping,
- re vised,
- going over to,
- trans-acting,
- converted in to,
- gave take,
- pays back,
- gives take,
- gives and take,
- returns compliment,
- trans-acts,
- re arranges,
- cashed in,
- re-arranging,
- giving take,
- passing to,
- trans-act,
- payed back,
- returning the compliment,
- cashes in,
- re-arranged,
- swapping horses,
- turned tables,
- re vise,
- turns tables,
- ex-changes,
- bought and sell,
- returned compliment,
- converting in to,
- buys and sell,
- give take,
- gave and take,
- ex-changing,
- re arranging,
- converts in to,
- ex changed,
- flip flopped,
- re vising,
- re arranged.
- ebbed flow,
- ebbing and flow,
- go and down,
- ebbs flow,
- ebbing flow,
- yo yos,
- went up and down,
- yo yoing,
- rises and fall,
- yo yo,
- goes up and down,
- going up and down,
- wast undecided,
- ebb flow,
- rise fall,
- going up down,
- yo yoed,
- being undecided,
- yo-yoed,
- were undecided,
- hem haw,
- yoyos,
- ebbed and flow,
- am undecided,
- yo-yoing,
- rose fall,
- yoyoed,
- went up down,
- is undecided,
- go up down,
- goes and down,
- ebbs and flow,
- blow hot cold,
- are undecided,
- rose and fall,
- rising and fall,
- rising fall,
- going and down,
- went and down,
- goes up down,
- was undecided,
- rises fall,
- wert undecided,
- art undecided,
- yoyoing.
- art unwilling,
- are irresolute,
- de bate,
- am unwilling,
- is unwilling,
- is irresolute,
- thought twice,
- being unwilling,
- sitting fence,
- sate fence,
- de-laying,
- wert unwilling,
- thinks twice,
- de-bating,
- being irresolute,
- de lay,
- sits fence,
- were reluctant,
- de-bates,
- sate on fence,
- am reluctant,
- was reluctant,
- wast reluctant,
- sat on fence,
- de-lay,
- wast unwilling,
- art irresolute,
- de laying,
- sit fence,
- wert irresolute,
- de bating,
- shied away,
- shying away,
- was unwilling,
- de bates,
- am irresolute,
- wert reluctant,
- art reluctant,
- holds off,
- were irresolute,
- de-lays,
- are unwilling,
- are reluctant,
- sits on fence,
- de-bated,
- de bated,
- being reluctant,
- sitting on fence,
- is reluctant,
- were unwilling,
- shies away,
- de lays,
- de-bate,
- sat fence,
- wast irresolute,
- was irresolute.
- inter change,
- inter acts,
- inter-changing,
- inter-acted,
- inter acting,
- inter acted,
- inter-faced,
- inter faces,
- inter facing,
- inter faced,
- inter-face,
- inter-changed,
- re late,
- inter-acts,
- inter-facing,
- inter changes,
- inter face,
- inter-faces,
- inter act,
- inter-acting,
- inter changed,
- inter-changes,
- inter-act,
- re-lated,
- inter changing.
- inter-weaving,
- inter weaving,
- inter-weave,
- inter-weaved,
- inter-wove,
- inter weave,
- inter-laces,
- inter weaved,
- inter laced,
- inter-laced,
- inter weaves,
- inter woven,
- inter lace,
- inter-lace,
- inter laces,
- inter lacing,
- inter-lacing.
- throb,
- totter,
- tremble,
- wag,
- sway,
- wobble,
- librate,
- pulsate,
- tick,
- undulate,
- rock,
- bob,
- pulse,
- vibrate,
- radiate.
- are in sequence,
- art sequence,
- was in sequence,
- swings around,
- are sequence,
- swinging around,
- is in sequence,
- goes around,
- were sequence,
- circumducting,
- am sequence,
- was sequence,
- being sequence,
- went past,
- circumducted,
- circumducts,
- wert sequence,
- be sequence,
- swang around,
- wert in sequence,
- wast sequence,
- were in sequence,
- being in sequence,
- art in sequence,
- is sequence,
- wast in sequence.
- teetertottering,
- teeter tottering,
- teetertottered,
- teeter totter,
- teeter totters,
- teetertotters,
- teeter tottered.
- over lapping,
- titubates,
- over-lap,
- over-laps,
- titubated,
- over lapped,
- over-lapping,
- over lap,
- whiffles,
- over-lapped,
- titubating,
- over laps,
- top pled.
- commute,
- swap,
- subrogate,
- switch,
- imitate,
- replace,
- trade,
- supersede,
- displace,
- supplant,
- represent.
- de tract,
- re-channelled,
- re lapsing,
- changing position,
- up-setting,
- re-channels,
- re-coiled,
- re-tracing,
- re-lapsing,
- in-verse,
- re directing,
- de-tracts,
- re-coil,
- about faced,
- voltefacing,
- Re-turn,
- re trace,
- de touring,
- in verse,
- de parting,
- inversing,
- re-trace,
- re traced,
- re channelled,
- in-clines,
- re channelling,
- re turn,
- re coils,
- re-channeled,
- re tracing,
- re-lapsed,
- voltefaces,
- volte-faced,
- in-cline,
- re turning,
- de-touring,
- de-part,
- re-channel,
- facing about,
- re directs,
- volteface,
- re channeled,
- re-directing,
- re coiled,
- re-traces,
- de tracts,
- up-set,
- re channeling,
- re channel,
- re-coils,
- in-versed,
- re traces,
- rechannelled,
- re coil,
- re-directed,
- volte faced,
- voltefaced,
- re-coiling,
- re-turning,
- re channels,
- in versing,
- re-lapses,
- re-turns,
- re lapsed,
- about facing,
- changes position,
- re-lapse,
- de-tract,
- up-sets,
- in-versing,
- up setting,
- in versed,
- re-turned,
- re-direct,
- re-channeling,
- de parts,
- de tours,
- in cline,
- faced about,
- de-tours,
- re-traced,
- re coiling,
- de-toured,
- re directed,
- changed position,
- re-directs,
- volte-facing,
- about face,
- re turns,
- de-parts,
- up sets,
- faces about,
- volte facing,
- de-tour,
- de part,
- de-parted,
- re-channelling,
- re lapse,
- re lapses,
- de toured,
- re direct,
- de tour,
- de parted,
- de-parting,
- in clines.
- running hot cold,
- changes mind,
- are indecisive,
- fence-straddles,
- fencestraddled,
- fencestraddles,
- is indecisive,
- changed mind,
- being indecisive,
- ran hot cold,
- changing mind,
- ran hot and cold,
- pussyfooting around,
- fence straddling,
- pussyfooted around,
- was indecisive,
- runs hot cold,
- runs hot and cold,
- wert indecisive,
- fence straddled,
- fencestraddle,
- fence-straddled,
- fencestraddling,
- fence straddle,
- fence straddles,
- shilly shally,
- art indecisive,
- were indecisive,
- run hot cold,
- pussyfoots around,
- wast indecisive.
- art unlike,
- taking turns,
- dis-agreeing,
- dis agreeing,
- is unlike,
- were unlike,
- permutates,
- took turns,
- dis sent,
- dis agree,
- dis-agree,
- am unlike,
- divaricates,
- dis sents,
- are unlike,
- takes turns,
- dis-agrees,
- dis-agreed,
- wert unlike,
- permutating,
- permutated,
- dis-sents,
- dis agrees,
- wast unlike,
- dis-sent,
- being unlike,
- dis agreed,
- was unlike.
Other synonyms:
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•
- diurnal,
- nightly,
- daily,
- hourly,
- selective,
- bimonthly,
- semiweekly,
- chosen,
- triennial,
- annually,
- ring in,
- selectively,
- follow on from,
- vary,
- probabilistic,
- handpicked,
- sub,
- ensue,
- half-hourly,
- religiously,
- circadian.
-
•
- afterthought,
- settled,
- reserve,
- spaced,
- correlate,
- postdate,
- standby,
- rotate,
- biennial,
- select,
- reciprocate.
- remaking,
- remake,
- tampering with,
- Revolutionizing,
- re-formed,
- metamorphose,
- restyle,
- Metamorphosed,
- Re-form,
- Evolved,
- remakes,
- switch around,
- restyling,
- tampered with,
- restyled,
- transfigure,
- warp,
- made over,
- make over,
- tamper with,
- traded,
- tampers with,
- Reversing,
- make innovations,
- transformed.
- pussyfoot,
- thinking about,
- scruple,
- pulling back,
- Floundered,
- pulls back,
- be unwilling,
- dithering,
- pull back,
- thought about,
- shy away,
- think about,
- stutter,
- thinking twice,
- pulled back,
- Hesitated,
- dithered,
- be reluctant,
- think twice,
- sit on fence,
- hold off,
- thinks about,
- be irresolute,
- Stammered.
- spiraling,
- goes past,
- Trundling,
- Circumduct,
- gyred,
- swung around,
- gyring,
- going past,
- Eddying,
- trundle,
- Pirouetting,
- go past,
- spiraled,
- Pirouetted,
- pirouette,
- be in sequence,
- go around,
- Trundled,
- went around,
- going around,
- elapse,
- trundles,
- Eddied,
- spiralling,
- pirouettes,
- swing around,
- wheeled,
- spiralled.
- proxied,
- subbed,
- serve in one's stead,
- double for,
- be in place of,
- cover for,
- proxying,
- take over,
- do the work of,
- stand in for,
- acted for,
- taking over,
- subbing,
- take another's place,
- act for,
- fill one's position,
- go as,
- swap places with,
- stood in for.
- permutate,
- divaricate,
- Divaricating,
- Inflecting,
- inflected,
- be unlike,
- Divaricated,
- inflects,
- inflect.
- interrelated,
- commence,
- revolve,
- furthermore,
- dawdle,
- exponent,
- additional,
- sequential,
- also,
- oscillatory,
- repeatedly,
- throw,
- succedaneum,
- hem and haw,
- refilling,
- blow hot and cold,
- bandy,
- aide-de-camp,
- swop,
- stunt woman,
- recur,
- flit,
- come around,
- go,
- nonetheless,
- startle,
- supportive,
- stunt man,
- moreover,
- come round,
- even,
- equal,
- Paranymph,
- permutation,
- wamble,
- retaliate,
- fill in for,
- leap,
- ancillary,
- correlative,
- another,
- lower,
- swing,
- consequent,
- dangle,
- wheeling,
- come again,
- symbol,
- by turns,
- toss,
- to and fro,
- cover,
- generally,
- spell,
- advocate,
- Girl Friday,
- circling,
- differ,
- interchangeable,
- summer school,
- alternatively,
- rotary,
- Commutual,
- pleader,
- permute,
- spokesperson,
- shift,
- broken,
- hum and haw,
- international,
- next,
- replacing,
- flash,
- flicker,
- leaf,
- palter,
- different,
- utility,
- exchangeable,
- minister,
- renaissance,
- be quits with,
- inferior,
- flounder,
- come next,
- corresponding,
- stand out,
- renewal,
- parachute,
- have a go,
- habitually,
- ordinarily,
- stick out,
- turn over,
- in turn,
- blink,
- continuity,
- vice president,
- nod,
- fumble,
- ghostwriter,
- sparely,
- in rotation,
- sequent,
- Isochronous,
- Unsuccessive,
- forward,
- come after,
- fitful,
- swerve,
- diverge,
- nuncio,
- successor,
- superseder,
- counterchange,
- be here again,
- alternation,
- complementary,
- closely related,
- etc,
- switch over,
- transposition,
- skip over,
- extra,
- logroll,
- reflexive,
- get even with,
- renovation,
- courtesy,
- Discrepance,
- time off,
- wavelike,
- space,
- variant,
- reoccur,
- curtsy,
- extension,
- Reinforcements,
- begin,
- derail,
- climb up,
- cooperate,
- relief,
- alter ego,
- mutual,
- proximate,
- rearrange,
- Man Friday,
- Undulant,
- phony,
- locum tenens,
- rise,
- supplanter,
- unsparingly,
- Substituent,
- changeling,
- change over,
- baste,
- metonymy,
- serve time,
- come on,
- Wabble,
- retract,
- metronomic,
- riffle,
- substitution,
- modify,
- periodical,
- supporting,
- remittent,
- rhythmical,
- sputter,
- comparison,
- respond,
- reciprocative,
- deviation,
- variety,
- bound,
- synecdoche,
- subordinate,
- trim,
- discrete,
- secondarily,
- mock,
- unconnected,
- besides,
- deviate,
- get back at,
- second-line,
- interrupted,
- waggle,
- Isochronal,
- divergency,
- up-and-down,
- flip out,
- re-up,
- Undulatory,
- shake,
- enlist,
- pinch-hit,
- serial,
- memorize,
- Baseball designated hitter,
- copy,
- interdependent,
- modification,
- spare,
- tack,
- hitch and hike,
- swag,
- succeeding,
- spasmodic,
- compensate,
- ringer,
- waffle,
- incidental,
- legate,
- often,
- derivative,
- swither,
- jump-start,
- reciprocally,
- take,
- jump out,
- dilly-dally,
- alteration,
- caprice,
- selection,
- continually,
- intermit,
- start,
- choice,
- champion,
- commonly,
- alternator,
- utility player,
- Haver,
- disconnected,
- rhythmic,
- ersatz,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- complemental,
- back-and-forth,
- mutually,
- disjunctive,
- mutually exclusive,
- tergiversate,
- backup man,
- engage in,
- reserves,
- beating,
- discrepancy,
- See-saw,
- Recurring,
- vice,
- leap out,
- version,
- wave,
- falter,
- follow in turn,
- ambassador,
- sign up,
- roll around,
- recurrent,
- amicus curiae,
- equivocate,
- stopgap,
- flick,
- vice-regent,
- frequently,
- executive officer,
- usually,
- pinch,
- flitter,
- wheel,
- replenishment,
- vicar general,
- yet,
- procurator,
- minor,
- fake,
- cycle,
- sign,
- Reenlist,
- Intermitting,
- tentative,
- sky,
- requite,
- innovation,
- special school,
- each other,
- wheel around,
- do time,
- still more,
- supporter,
- possibility,
- number two,
- aberration,
- personnel,
- desultory,
- originate,
- utility man,
- flip over,
- Amoebean,
- again,
- wigwag,
- sine wave,
- subsequent,
- irregular,
- measured,
- public school,
- return,
- come and go,
- Pendulate,
- interexchange,
- Shilly-shally,
- wax and wane,
- shuttle,
- act reciprocally,
- hold office,
- alternately,
- Sequacious,
- delay,
- analogy,
- circle,
- locum,
- vicegerent,
- option,
- shuttlecock,
- dither,
- pass over,
- SPARES,
- reappear,
- play,
- much more,
- gal Friday,
- shed,
- succeed,
- backer,
- variation,
- back and fill,
- occasional,
- repair,
- steady,
- transpose,
- successive,
- off-and-on,
- vicarious,
- zigzag,
- equivalent,
- repeat.
Paraphrases for Alternate:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
alternating.
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Proper noun, singular
alternatives.
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Noun, plural
alternatives.
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Noun, singular or mass
alternatives.
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Adjective
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
substitutes.
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Noun, plural
substitutes.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
parallel, alternatives, work-linked, back-up, change-out, replacement, arterial, surrogate, stand-by, fall-back, separate.
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Proper noun, singular
directions, topics, Forms, models, replacement, replacements, surrogate, subsitute.
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Noun, plural
options, Deputies, locums, replacements.
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Noun, singular or mass
locum, back-up, replacement, surrogate.
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Verb, past participle
opposed.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Alternate:
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adj.
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all
opposite.
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substitute
necessary.
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Other antonyms:
noncyclic, noncyclical, primary.
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all
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n.
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substitute
necessity.
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substitute
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v.
Hypernym for Alternate:
v.
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social
rotate.
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social
Hyponym for Alternate:
n.
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person
stand-in, relief, substitute, backup, reliever, fill-in, backup man.
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person
v.
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social
exchange.
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social