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imitation(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
6
sub(noun, person, thing, informal, agent)
6
substitution(noun, substitute)
6
vicarious(adjective, extra, auxiliary, another, done)
5
dummy(noun, supply, extra, agent, substitute)
5
factor(noun, agent, representative, assistant, operative)
5
resource(noun, person, thing, supply, reserve)
5
secondary(adjective, sympathetic, deputy, secondhand, mediated)
5
succedaneum(noun, supply, agent, replacement, alternative)
4
acting(adjective, extra, substitute, acting, temporary)
4
change(noun, break, advance, turn, development)
4
counterfeit(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
4
envoy(noun, agent, substitute, representative, operative)
4
expediency(noun, person, thing, supply, substitute)
4
foster
4
ghost(noun, supply, agent, replacement, alternative)
4
go-between(noun, agent, representative, operative, manager)
4
intermediary(noun, agent, substitute, representative, operative)
4
locum(noun, supply, agent, substitute, replacement)
4
locum tenens(expression, idiom, supply, agent, replacement)
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