surrogate

  • (s) providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties
    • foster parent
    • foster child
    • foster home
    • surrogate father
    foster,

Nouns

  • (n) someone who takes the place of another person alternate, replacement,
  • (n) a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others deputy,

Synonyms

alternate replacement foster deputy

Words of close approximity

surrogate mother