fill-in
Stand-in worker
A fill-in is a temporary substitute—someone or something that takes another's place until the regular person or thing returns: She worked as a fill-in while the receptionist was on maternity leave.
Fill-in also describes blank spaces meant to be completed: a fill-in-the-blank quiz.
As a verb phrase, to fill in means to complete gaps, inform someone of details, or substitute temporarily.
What takes another's place
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- surrogateOne acting for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- alternateOccur in succession
backup · reserve · understudy · deputy · locum · pinch-hitter · relief · double
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- pro temTemporarily in place
- actingTemporarily holding position
short-term · transitory · tentative · expedient · ad hoc · transient · caretaker · holding
Unfilled space between
- blankWithout marks or content
- spaceUnoccupied area or interval
- voidWithout legal effect
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
incomplete · form · questionnaire · survey · answer · response · detail · information
Unoccupied space or position
opportunity · staffing · hiring · recruitment · applicant · candidate · temping · covering
replacement
What takes another's place
alternate · backup · reserve · understudy · deputy · locum · pinch-hitter · relief · double · cover
interim
Provisional in-between phase
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- pro temTemporarily in place
acting · short-term · transitory · tentative · expedient · ad hoc · transient · caretaker · holding · band-aid
gap
Unfilled space between
missing · incomplete · form · questionnaire · survey · answer · response · detail · information · entry
vacancy
Unoccupied space or position
role · opportunity · staffing · hiring · recruitment · applicant · candidate · temping · covering · shift
connect
Join or link
link · join · splice · close · seal · plug · cover · smooth · transition · continuity
- representativesrepresentative, delegate, lawyer, deputy, rep
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, interim
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- puzzlespuzzles, sudoku, jigsaw puzzle, puzzle cube, crossword
- casual workersday laborer, casual worker, temp, temp worker, gig worker