Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);
- Example: "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"- Example: "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"[syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fill-in
n 1: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get
dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for
dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer
fill-ins" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief,
reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]