locumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈləʊ.kəm/us/ˈloʊ.kəm/mainly UKa doctor who does the job of another doctor who is ill or on holiday
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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Medical treatment: doctors & health workers generally