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understudy (92 synonym found)

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change places with

executive officer

second in command

walking gentleman

supporting actor

swap places with

next best thing

supporting cast

substitute for

understudy for

utility player

vice-president

amicus curiae

pinch-hit for

second string

spear-carrier

vicar general

locum tenens

pinch hitter

stand in for

substitution

third string

alternative

fill in for

ghostwriter

replacement

substituent

succedaneum

utility man

vice-regent

answer for

appear for

backup man

bit player

changeling

commission

comparison

double for

figurehead

ghostwrite

lieutenant

procurator

superseder

supplanter

synecdoche

vicegerent

alter ego

crowd out

figurante

front for

makeshift

paranymph

pinch-hit

represent

secondary

speak for

spell off

surrogate

figurant

metaphor

metonymy

reserves

stand-in

thespian

act for

analogy

back up

cut out

fill-in

pleader

standby

succeed

walk-on

deputy

double

ersatz

player

ringer

spares

actor

agent

dummy

ghost

locum

phony

proxy

super

vicar

copy

supe

vice

sub

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Definition of understudy:

(v) : to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required; to act as an understudy (to someone)

(n) : a performer who understudies; a standby

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Definition of understudy:

(v) : to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required; to act as an understudy (to someone)

(n) : a performer who understudies; a standby

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