vicarious

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Delegated.
2. (not-comparable) Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
3. (not-comparable) On behalf of others.

Synonyms

indirect

acting

backhanded

circuitous

deputy

freakish

inexplicit

mediate

representational

representative

roundabout

second-hand

substituted

substitutional

vicarial

ambagious

abnormal

procuratorial

Translations

vicário

stellvertretend

plaatsvervangend

υποκατάστατος

délégué

κατ’εντολή

nachempfunden

δοτός

ressenti indirectement

indirect

αντιπροσωπευτικός

suppléant

indirecte

vicario

adjoint

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”), 17th century.