'Understudy' definitions:
Definition of 'understudy'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Understudy'
From: GCIDE
- Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, v. t. & i. (Theater) To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Understudy'
From: GCIDE
- Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, n. One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'understudy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act for,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- answer for,
- appear for,
- attorney,
- back up,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bit player,
- champion,
- change,
- change places with,
- changeling,
- commission,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- crowd out,
- cut out,
- deputize,
- deputy,
- displace,
- double,
- double for,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- exponent,
- extra,
- fake,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- figurehead,
- fill in for,
- fill-in,
- front for,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mute,
- next best thing,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- pinch-hit,
- pinch-hit for,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- proxy,
- relief,
- relieve,
- replace,
- replacement,
- represent,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- ringer,
- second,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- spares,
- speak for,
- spear-carrier,
- spell,
- spell off,
- stand in for,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- sub,
- subrogate,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitute for,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- succeed,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- supersede,
- superseder,
- supplant,
- supplanter,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- surrogate,
- swap places with,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy for,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman