surrogate

surrogate is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A deputy; a delegate; a substitute. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
2. noun. The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.
3. noun. In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
4. transitive verb. To put in the place of another; to substitute.
5. noun. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

   Synonyms: deputy

6. noun. someone who takes the place of another person

   Synonyms: alternate, replacement

7. adjective. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties

   "foster parent"

   "foster child"

   Synonyms: foster

Synonyms

deputy, alternate, replacement, foster

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in surrogate:

urogaster

Common word forms

surrogated, surrogates, surrogating

Words from these letters

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