Synonyms of surrogates

surrogates

noun

plural of surrogate

as in substitutes

a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else

The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• substitutes
• replacements
• proxies
• backups
• stand-ins
• delegates
• representatives
• reserves
• subs
• pinch hitters
• alternates
• attorneys
• standbys
• diplomats
• ambassadors
• agents
• deputies
• reliefs
• assistants
• assignees
• factors
• envoys
• designated hitters
• reps
• fill-ins
• emissaries
• commissaries
• understudies
• plenipotentiaries
• locum tenentes
• procurators
• legates
• diplomatists
• attachés
• foreign ministers
• consuls
• covers
• successors
• apologies
• nuncios
• makeshifts
• relievers
• ambassadresses
• stopgaps
• chargés d'affaires
• seconds
• superseders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surrogates

Cuban was one of the most visible campaign surrogates, especially from the business world, traversing the country and promoting Harris’s economic proposals. —Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024

The governor dispatched surrogates by helicopter to deliver news to some Democrats that their services were no longer needed. —Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024

In May 2023, Adams was snubbed when left off the list of Biden’s reelection surrogates. —Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024

His allies and surrogates used misogynistic language about Harris. —Christine Fernando, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024

Other Harris surrogates are hitting the trail and fundraising circuit. —Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Oct. 2024

The movement, and the ‘power’ One of Johnson’s most loyal surrogates amid the swirling negativity has been Ald. —Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024

Tuesday Two weeks before Election Day, the Harris campaign is not scheduled to have the vice president on the trail, but several of her surrogates will be making the case for her. —Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Oct. 2024

Harris launched her presidential campaign in West Allis this summer, and her surrogates have fanned out across the Milwaukee suburbs in the months since. —Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Oct. 2024