STAND-IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stand-in mean? 

• STAND-IN (noun)
  The noun STAND-IN has 1 sense:

1. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

  Familiarity information: STAND-IN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAND-IN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute

Context example:

we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

Hypernyms ("stand-in" is a kind of...):

compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stand-in"):

locum; locum tenens (someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession)

double; stunt man; stunt woman (a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts)

alternate; replacement; surrogate (someone who takes the place of another person)

Derivation:

stand in (be a substitute)

 Context examples 

Scientists working with data from NASA's Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn's smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in.

(Sunsets on Titan reveal the complexity of hazy exoplanets, NASA)