replacers
Those who substitute
Replacers are people or things that take the place of others.
The term appears in product contexts—meal replacers, egg replacers—where substitutes stand in for conventional ingredients.
In broader use, replacers are those who fill vacated positions or roles: The company hired replacers for the striking workers.
Temporary replacement people
- fill-insTemporary substitute workers
- backupsDuplicate files or substitutes
- reservesResources held back
- alternatesBackup people or rotates
understudies · reliefs · deputies · locums · temps · pinch hitters · relief pitchers · cover
Authorized stand-ins
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- agentsThose who act for others
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
- surrogatesSubstitutes for others
intermediaries · deputies · emissaries · envoys · spokespeople · liaisons · ambassadors · go-betweens
Substitutes for others
- foster parentsAdults raising others' children
- guardiansThose who protect others
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
- godparentsBaptismal sponsors for children
nannies · caretakers · babysitters · au pairs · wet nurses · step-parents · custodians · mentors
Available courses of action
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- substitutionsReplacements for originals
- equivalentsThings of equal value
- variantsDiffering forms of something
alternatives · fallbacks · plan B · contingencies · swaps · exchanges · trade-offs · workarounds
Makes identical versions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- duplicatesIdentical reproductions
- knockoffsCounterfeit merchandise
- counterfeitsFraudulent imitations of valuables
reproductions · clones · facsimiles · forgeries · fakes · mock-ups · lookalikes · simulacra
stand-ins
Temporary replacement people
- fill-insTemporary substitute workers
- backupsDuplicate files or substitutes
- reservesResources held back
alternates · understudies · reliefs · deputies · locums · temps · pinch hitters · relief pitchers · cover · proxies
proxies
Authorized stand-ins
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
- agentsThose who act for others
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
surrogates · intermediaries · deputies · emissaries · envoys · spokespeople · liaisons · ambassadors · go-betweens · substitutes
surrogates
Substitutes for others
- foster parentsAdults raising others' children
- guardiansThose who protect others
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
godparents · nannies · caretakers · babysitters · au pairs · wet nurses · step-parents · custodians · mentors · legal guardians
options
Available courses of action
- choicesAvailable options to pick
- substitutionsReplacements for originals
- equivalentsThings of equal value
variants · alternatives · fallbacks · plan B · contingencies · swaps · exchanges · trade-offs · workarounds · solutions
copies
Makes identical versions
- replicasExact copies of originals
- duplicatesIdentical reproductions
- knockoffsCounterfeit merchandise
counterfeits · reproductions · clones · facsimiles · forgeries · fakes · mock-ups · lookalikes · simulacra · carbon copies
replacersoriginals
Authentic first versions
incumbents · predecessors · antecedents · forerunners · old guard
replacerskeepers
Those who maintain
retainers · maintainers · preservers · conservers · continuers
- valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
- hip replacementSurgical installation of artificial joint
- knee replacementProsthetic joint implantation
- hormone-replacement therapySupplementing declining sex steroids
- joint replacementImplanting artificial articulation
- find and replaceLocate text, substitute new
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