ALL meanings of surrogate
sur·ro·gate
S s - noun surrogate a person appointed to act for another; deputy. 1
- noun surrogate (in some states) a judicial officer having jurisdiction over the probate of wills, the administration of estates, etc. 1
- noun surrogate the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, especially of a bishop or a bishop's chancellor. 1
- noun surrogate a substitute. 1
- noun surrogate a surrogate mother. 1
- noun surrogate Politics. someone who acts on behalf of a politician or political candidate by making public appearances, issuing statements, etc., when that person is engaged elsewhere or when that person’s image would be bolstered by certain affiliations: His camp won the “prestige of science” battle by signing on high-profile physicists, chemists, and biologists as campaign surrogates. 1
- adjective surrogate regarded or acting as a surrogate: a surrogate father. 1
- adjective surrogate involving or indicating the use of a surrogate mother to conceive or carry an embryo: surrogate parenting. 1
- verb with object surrogate to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy; substitute for another. 1
- verb with object surrogate to subrogate. 1
- noun surrogate person substituting for another 1
- noun surrogate person: for contracts 1
- adjective surrogate acting as a surrogate 1
- noun surrogate surrogate mother 1
- adjective surrogate You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available. 0
- adjective surrogate Surrogate is also a noun. 0
- noun surrogate a person or thing acting as a substitute 0
- noun surrogate a deputy, such as a clergyman appointed to deputize for a bishop in granting marriage licences 0
- noun surrogate a person who is a substitute for someone else, esp in childhood when different persons, such as a brother or teacher, can act as substitutes for the parents 0
- noun surrogate (in some US states) a judge with jurisdiction over the probate of wills, etc 0
- noun surrogate of, relating to, or acting as a surrogate 0
- verb surrogate to put in another's position as a deputy, substitute, etc 0
- verb surrogate to appoint as a successor to oneself 0
- noun surrogate a deputy or substitute 0
- noun surrogate in some states, probate court, or a judge of this court 0
- noun surrogate a substitute figure, esp. a person of some authority, who replaces a father or mother in one's feelings 0
- noun surrogate a woman who, by prior agreement, becomes pregnant and bears a child for another woman, who will raise the child as its mother 0
- adjective surrogate of or acting as a surrogate 0
- verb transitive surrogate to put in another's place as a substitute or deputy 0