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STAND-IN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

Example:

we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

Synonyms:

backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("stand-in" is a kind of...):

compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stand-in"):

locum; locum tenens (someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession)

double; stunt man; stunt woman (a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts)

alternate; replacement; surrogate (someone who takes the place of another person)

Derivation:

stand in (be a substitute)

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