Main entry: surrogate, alternate, replacement
Definition: someone who takes the place of another person
Main entry: alternate, take turns
Definition: do something in turns
Usage: We take turns on the night shift
Definition: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
Main entry: alternate, switch, tack, interchange, flip, flip-flop
Definition: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Main entry: understudy, alternate
Definition: be an understudy or alternate for a role
Main entry: alternate
Definition: exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions
Main entry: alternate, alternating
Definition: occurring by turns; first one and then the other
Usage: alternating feelings of love and hate
Main entry: alternate
Definition: every second one of a series
Usage: the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays; jam every other day- the White Queen
Main entry: alternate
Definition: of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired
Usage: stems with alternate leaves
Main entry: alternate, alternative, substitute
Definition: serving or used in place of another
Usage: an alternative plan