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a person or thing taking the place of, acting for, another

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acting alternate backup counterfeit dummy ersatz imitation makeshift mock near proxy pseudo replacement representative reserve second sham simulated stopgap surrogate temporary additional another artificial experimental false other provisional spurious substitutive supplemental supplementary supposititious symbolic tentative vicarial vicarious
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1) as an alternative of substitute (instead)

2) to put (something) back in its place; to take the place of (a person, thing); to supply, use, (a person, thing) as a substitute (replace)

3) acting as a substitute (surrogate)

4) experienced by watching or reading about other people doing it; experienced as a substitute for another person (vicarious)

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