surrogate
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surrogate
- /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ UK
- /ˈsɝəɡɪt/ Canada, US
- /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/ UK
- /ˈsɝəɡeɪt/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
noun surrogates
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A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
Similar: fill-in, ghost, proxy, replacement, stand-in, substitute, surrogate
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- An ersatz good.
- Ellipsis of surrogate key
adjective more surrogate · most surrogate
- Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
verb surrogates · surrogating · surrogated
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To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
Similar: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: replacement, deputy, alternate, adoptive, foster, substitute, substitution, substitutable, substitutability, superseding, auxiliary, replace, lieu, ancillary, proxy, opportunity
Translations
Every language
noun substitute
| Español | sustituto, substituto, subrogante |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 替代品 tìdàipǐn |
| Português | substituto |
| Français | remplaçant, remplaçante, suppléant, suppléante, substitut, substitute |
| Deutsch | Ersatz-, Stellvertreter, Stellvertreterin |
| Italiano | surrogato |
| Русский | суррога́т surrogát |
noun person or animal that acts as a substitute for another
| 中文 | 替代者 tìdàizhě |
|---|---|
| Français | substitut, personne de substitution |
| Deutsch | Ersatz, Substitut |
| Русский | замести́тель zamestítelʹ, замести́тельница zamestítelʹnica |
noun surrogate key
| Deutsch | Surrogat, Surrogatschlüssel |
|---|
adj Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute
| Français | succédané, succédanée |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αναπληρωματικός anapliromatikós |
verb to replace or substitute something with something else
| Español | subrogar |
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Talk about this word "surrogate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/surrogate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. surrogate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/surrogate "surrogate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/surrogate.Cite this
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title = {surrogate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surrogate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
