surrogate
/ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/US/ˈsɝəɡɪt/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
surrogate noun: a substitute (usually of a person, position or role). Also the ellipsis of surrogate key.
Noun
surrogate (plural surrogates)
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.
- Synonyms:
- fill-in, ghost, proxy, replacement, stand-in, substitute
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- An ersatz good.
Adjective
surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)
- Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.
Verb
UK/ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/US/ˈsɝəɡeɪt/
surrogate (third-person singular simple present surrogates, present participle surrogating, simple past and past participle surrogated)
- To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.
- Synonyms:
- deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute
Also used as
surrogate is also the ellipsis of surrogate key.
surrogate meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
surrogate in Hindi
- सरोगेट, सरोगेट करें, सरोगेट करना
surrogate in Marathi
- सरोगेट, सरोगेट करा, सरोगेट करणे
surrogate in Urdu
- سروگیٹ, سروگٹ, سروگیٹ کرنا
surrogate in Bengali
- সারোগেট, সরোগেট, সারোগেট করা
More languagesFewer languages
- surrogate in Telugu
- సర్రోగేట్, సరోగెట్, సర్రోగెట్
- surrogate in Punjabi
- ਸਰੋਗੇਟ, ਸਰੋਗੈਟ, ਸਰੋਗੇਟ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- surrogate in Gujarati
- સરોગેટ, સરોગેટ કરો, સારોગેટ
- surrogate in Odia
- ସରୋଗେଟ, ସରୋଗେଟ୍, ସାରୋଗେଟ୍
- surrogate in Nepali
- सरोगेट, सारोगेट, सर्रोगेट
- surrogate in Persian
- جایگزین jây-gozin
Examples of surrogate in a sentence
- We weren't sure which columns in the table would have unique values, so we used a separate surrogate key as the primary key.
- When I saw that everybody in the hotel ad was smoking the same brand of cigarette, I knew it was surrogate advertising.
- Bi's fertility doctor strongly discouraged that because of risks to the babies and surrogate.
Synonyms of surrogate
Forms of surrogate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | surrogates |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more surrogate |
| superlative | most surrogate |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | surrogates |
| present participle | surrogating |
| past participle | surrogated |
| past | surrogated |
Origin of surrogate
From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogō (“to choose someone as a substitute”); a variant of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“ask”).
Words formed from surrogate
Phrases with surrogate
Questions about surrogate
- What does surrogate mean?
- Surrogate means a substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- What is surrogate in Hindi?
- Surrogate in Hindi is सरोगेट, सरोगेट करें, सरोगेट करना. See Surrogate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is surrogate?
- Surrogate can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce surrogate?
- Surrogate is pronounced /ˈsʌɹəɡɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of surrogate?
- The plural of surrogate is surrogates.
Words near surrogate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: surrogate (page history and authors); surrogate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); surrogate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surrogate.wav, LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-surrogate.wav.
Cite this entry: “surrogate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/surrogate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.