stand-ins
Proxies for principals
Stand-ins are substitutes who take someone's place temporarily.
In film and television, a stand-in is a person who replaces an actor during technical setup—lighting adjustments, camera positioning—so the star can rest between takes.
More broadly, anything serving as a temporary replacement: The vice president acted as a stand-in for the president at the ceremony.
These figures are just stand-ins until we get the real data.
Items taking others' places
- surrogatesSubstitutes for others
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
- fill-insTemporary substitute workers
- understudiesSubstitute performers for principals
alternates · backups · placeholders · pinch-hitters · subs · temps · reliefs · deputies
Authorized stand-ins
- placeholdersTemporary substitutes for content
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- tokensCurrency substitutes
- surrogatesSubstitutes for others
effigies · dummies · decoys · facsimiles · representations · models · avatars · simulacra
Substitute performers for principals
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- coversPuts over, hides
- rehearsalsPreparatory performance sessions
- blockingImpeding forward progress
cast · ensemble · repertory · Broadway · matinee · performance · role · stage
Impeding forward progress
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- marksVisible signs or grades
- actorsThose playing roles
- extrasAdditional items included
crew · cinematography · production · onset · performers · behind-the-scenes
replacements
Items taking others' places
- surrogatesSubstitutes for others
- proxiesAuthorized stand-ins
- fill-insTemporary substitute workers
understudies · alternates · backups · placeholders · pinch-hitters · subs · temps · reliefs · deputies · locums
proxies
Authorized stand-ins
- placeholdersTemporary substitutes for content
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
- tokensCurrency substitutes
surrogates · effigies · dummies · decoys · facsimiles · representations · models · avatars · simulacra · mockups
understudies
Substitute performers for principals
- swingsRhythmic back-and-forth movements
- coversPuts over, hides
- rehearsalsPreparatory performance sessions
blocking · cast · ensemble · repertory · Broadway · matinee · performance · role · stage · drama
blocking
Impeding forward progress
extras · crew · cinematography · production · onset · performers · behind-the-scenes
- show businessactors, actresses, directors, producers, entertainers
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, replace
- background actorsextras, walk-ons, body doubles, crowd scenes
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, laypeople, non-experts
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero
- actorsactor, actors, actresses, film actor, actress
stand-insoriginals
Authentic first versions
principals · stars · leads · the real thing · headliners
stand-insregulars
Habitual visitors
mainstays · incumbents · fixtures · full-timers · stalwarts
standing, understanding, outstanding, misunderstanding, upstanding, withstanding, grandstanding