surrogate
Acting in place
A surrogate is a substitute—someone or something that stands in for another.
A surrogate mother carries a pregnancy for someone else.
A surrogate decision-maker acts on behalf of someone who cannot.
The word often implies an official or designated replacement rather than a casual one: The vice president served as a surrogate for the candidate on the campaign trail.
Surrogate can also describe the emotional replacement of one thing for another: Food became a surrogate for affection.
One who acts for another
- agentOne who acts independently
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- substituteReplacement for another
replacement · alternate · deputy · fill-in · placeholder · acting · interim · backup
Female parent
- fatherMale parent
- carrierOne that transports
- gestationalOf the pregnancy period
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
birth · fertility · IVF · embryo · implantation · womb · conception · reproductive
Protective caretaker of another
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- custodianGuardian of a place
- trusteeOne managing another's assets
court-appointed · executor · advocate · parental rights · custody · contract · agreement · tribunal
Move tissue between bodies
- donorOne who contributes freely
- artificialMade, not natural
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- graftIllicit political gain
biocompatible · synthetic · tissue · implant · xenotransplant · prosthetic · regenerative · bioengineered
representative
One who acts for another
- agentOne who acts independently
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
substitute · replacement · alternate · deputy · fill-in · placeholder · acting · interim · backup · understudy
mother
Female parent
- fatherMale parent
- carrierOne that transports
- gestationalOf the pregnancy period
pregnancy · birth · fertility · IVF · embryo · implantation · womb · conception · reproductive · biological
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
- custodianGuardian of a place
trustee · court-appointed · executor · advocate · parental rights · custody · contract · agreement · tribunal · adjudication
transplant
Move tissue between bodies
- donorOne who contributes freely
- artificialMade, not natural
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
graft · biocompatible · synthetic · tissue · implant · xenotransplant · prosthetic · regenerative · bioengineered · mechanical heart
attachment
Connection or fondness
- bondingForming close connections
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- caregivingAttending to dependents
comfort · affection · support · maternal · paternal · role model · mentor · protector · provider · secure base
- fertilityfertility, fecundity, infertility, conception, reproduction
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- Momsmom, mother, mama, mommy, mummy
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
- family rolesmother, father, mom, dad, parents
surrogatebiological
Relating to living organisms
birth mother · genetic · biological parent · birth parent · natural parent
- surrogate motherWoman bearing another's child
- surrogate motherhoodPregnancy on another's behalf
- surrogate parentOne raising another's offspring
- surrogate fatherReplacement paternal presence
- surrogate parentingPregnancy on another's behalf
- surrogate parenthoodBearing offspring for others
surrogacy, surrogates, surrogating, surrogacies, surrogate parent, surrogate mother