surrogate

5 definitions • 5 examples

replacing someone else or used instead of something else:

Because she had no children of her own, her friend's son became a kind of surrogate child to her.

something that replaces or is used instead of something else:

For some people, reading travel books is a surrogate for actual travel.

a person who acts or speaks in support of someone else, or does his or her job for a certain time:

Both candidates in the election have turned to celebrity surrogates to excite the crowds.

a woman who has a baby for another person who is unable to become pregnant or have a baby:

She has agreed to act as a surrogate mother for her sister.

someone or something that replaces or is used instead of someone or something else; a substitute for another:

She seems to regard him as a surrogate for her father.