surrogate

Meaning

Noun

1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
3. (British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4. (US) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
5. (US) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
6. Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
7. An ersatz good.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of surrogate key.

Adj

Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

Verb

To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

Synonyms

substitute

deputy

replacement

representative

proxy

delegate

alternate

pinch hitter

vice gerent

upholder

ersatz

stand-in

advocate

foster

believer

proponent

locum

locum tenens

temporary substitute

acting

Deputy

agent

correspondent

double

entity

exponent

governor

judge

🧑‍⚖️

represent

sacrifice

spokesman

sub

substituted

succedaneum

temporary

fill-in

Translations

surrogaat

Ersatz

substitut

sustituto

substituto

succédané

Stellvertreter

sucedáneo

remplaçant

vekil

Surrogat

député

ersatz

substitut

Agent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/

Etymology

From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“ask”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).