Definition for Surrogate:

• In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

Synonyms for Surrogate:

• adj.

  •acting (adjective)
  • provisional,
  • working,
  • temporary,
  • functioning,
  • performing,
  • practicing,
  • operating.
  •alternate (adjective)
  • more interchanging,
  • inter-changing,
  • more backup,
  • most another,
  • inter changing,
  • most backup,
  • more another,
  • most interchanging.
  •alternative (adjective)
  • more flipside,
  • most flipside,
  • most back up,
  • more back up,
  • more back-up,
  • most back-up.
  •substitute (adjective)
  • vicarial,
  • proxier,
  • Substitutive.
  •vicarious (adjective)
  • Deputed,
  • by proxy,
  • Substitutional.

• n.

  •
  • standby,
  • metaphor.
  •adoptive (noun)
  • adoptive.
  •agent (noun)
  • executor,
  • impresario,
  • vehicle,
  • instrument,
  • factor,
  • middleman,
  • agency,
  • liaison,
  • broker,
  • intermediary,
  • mediator,
  • ombudsman,
  • go-between,
  • actor,
  • operative.
  •alternate (noun)
  • re-placement,
  • re placement,
  • re-placements,
  • re placements.
  •change (noun)
  • transfiguration,
  • vicissitude,
  • transition,
  • novelty,
  • turnover,
  • novelties,
  • transmogrification,
  • mutation,
  • transubstantiation,
  • turnovers,
  • variation,
  • transformations.
  •delegate (noun)
  • catchpole,
  • vicar,
  • people's choice,
  • viceroy.
  •deputy (noun)
  • ghost,
  • attorney,
  • helpmate,
  • appointee,
  • dummy,
  • assistant,
  • servant,
  • backup,
  • token,
  • proxy,
  • attendant,
  • auxiliary,
  • figurehead,
  • envoy,
  • acolyte,
  • representative,
  • mouthpiece,
  • helper,
  • spokesman,
  • lieutenant,
  • understudy,
  • spokeswoman,
  • emissary,
  • double,
  • aide,
  • assignee,
  • nominee,
  • arm.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • re-course,
  • de-sign,
  • de signs,
  • re-courses,
  • easy way outs,
  • band-aids,
  • bandaid,
  • band aids,
  • bandaids,
  • re courses,
  • re course.
  •father figure (noun)
  • father surrogates,
  • father images.
  •fill-in (noun)
  • fillin.
  •foster (noun)
  • foster.
  •ghost writer (noun)
  • ghost-writer.
  •person (noun)
  • surrogate.
  •person or thing that acts as (noun)
  • substitute agent,
  • fill-in,
  • stand-in,
  • expedient,
  • recourse,
  • refuge,
  • makeshift.
  •resort (noun)
  • re-sorts,
  • re lief,
  • re sort,
  • re-lief,
  • re-sort,
  • re sorts.
  •resource (noun)
  • quickwittedness,
  • quick-wittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulnesses.
  •stand-in (noun)
  • standin.
  •substitute (noun)
  • counterfeit,
  • fill in,
  • imitation.
  •transfiguration (noun)
  • trans-figuration,
  • trans figuration,
  • trans-figurations,
  • trans figurations.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • judge,
  • ring in,
  • sub.
  •
  • pinch hitter.
  •
  • replace.

Paraphrases for Surrogate:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    alternatives.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    change-out, load-bearing, alternate, substitutable, auxiliary, rental, acting.
  • Proper noun, singular
    alternate.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    alternate.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    foster, substitute, proxy, spare.
  • Proper noun, singular
    substitution, substitute.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    substitution, substitute, proxy, surrogacy.

Antonyms for Surrogate:

• n.

  • person or thing that acts as
    real, permanent.
  • Other antonyms:
    biological.

Surrogate Sentence Examples:

• Journalism - a desperate surrogate for literature.

• The first gun in the long and bitterly contested legal battle, which was to follow, was fired directly Leon Ricaby offered the new will to the Surrogate for probate.

Hypernym for Surrogate:

• n.

  • person
    vicegerent.

Hyponym for Surrogate:

• n.

  • person
    agent.