- stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in - someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
--1 is a kind of peer, equal, match, compeer
--1 has particulars:locum tenens, locum; double, stunt man, stunt woman; surrogate, alternate, replacement Derived form: verb stand in1
- substitute, sub, stand in, fill in - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
--1 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stand-in1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP