surrogate
adjective /ˈsʌrəɡət/
/ˈsɜːrəɡət/
(formal)- used to describe a person or thing that takes the place of, or is used instead of, somebody/something else
- She saw him as a sort of surrogate father.
- For these people, television is a surrogate for real life.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySurrogate is used with these nouns:- father
- mother
- mum
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin surrogatus, past participle of surrogare ‘elect as a substitute’, from super- ‘over’ + rogare ‘ask’.