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succade |
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succedaneum
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succedaneum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun succedaneum has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
succedaneum, n. [NL. See Succedaneous.].
One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; [1913 Webster]
"In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
succedaneum, n. (pl. succedanea) a substitute, esp. for a medicine or drug.
Derivative
succedaneous adj.
Etymology
mod.L, neut. of L succedaneus (as SUCCEED)
ROGET THESAURUS
succedaneum
Substitution
N substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.
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