understudies 1 of 2

noun

plural of understudy
1
as in alternates

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2
as in comedians

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understudies

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of understudy
as in substitutes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for understudies
  1. alternates
  2. comedians
  3. substitutes
  4. replacements
  5. doubles
  6. takes over
  7. stand-ins
  8. farceurs
Noun
  • Honorees who advanced to the Super Bowl were replaced by alternates (Trubisky was Jared Goff’s alternate in 2018-19) and the exhibition no longer was held in Aloha Stadium each year.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Definition of alternates
Noun
  • The phone-comedy discussion followed a scene in which Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, the proudly embittered struggling comedians played by Klausner and Eichner, confront an up-and-coming digital creator.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cook would go on to become one of the most popular comedians of the early 2000s, while McCauley took on a job as a corrections officer and would later handle his brother’s finances directly.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedians
Verb
  • This approach substitutes information for sensation, and reduces both human and supra-human experiences to the level of data.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • So Tuchel, who always substitutes his wingers after roughly an hour, decided to withdraw Gordon and bring on an extra defender, Ezri Konsa.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of substitutes
Noun
  • City have looked for replacements in the market and had considered Pedro Neto from Chelsea, but were put off by the price tag.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Since the dawn of the space age, spacecraft have been treated as disposable because salvaging them was too expensive—or too technically challenging—compared with the easier, cheaper task of launching fresh replacements.
    — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of replacements
Noun
  • Zach Neto went 3 for 5 with two doubles, a triple and two runs two nights after going 5 for 6 at Houston.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner likes to play tennis, padel and golf to wind down — and uses padel as a social tool, with frequent doubles games often involving people from outside his immediate circle.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of doubles
Verb
  • On weekends, Nelson takes over, giving Aikman opportunities to practice his skills and experience the sights, sounds and distractions of everyday life in the community.
    — Nelly Carreño, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Once those tickets get purchased, though, the market takes over.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of takes over
Noun
  • His visit to California revives a yearslong political feud that has evolved beyond California, with both men increasingly using each other as stand-ins for the national fight between Republicans and Democrats.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Furious 7 was still in production at the time, so his remaining scenes were completed using CGI, archival footage and his brothers Caleb and Cody Walker as stand-ins.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of stand-ins
Noun
  • Director David Ellenstein has assembled a strong quartet of farceurs who easily slide in and out of a multitude of characters, accents, funny wigs, moustaches, costumes and prop glasses while running in and out of the 25 doors on scenic designer Marty Burnett’s simple but effective set.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
Definition of farceurs
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