Understudies [noun]

Definition of Understudies:

substitute

Synonyms of Understudies:

● Backup

● Sub

● Double

● Alternate

● Replacement

● Reserve

● Fill-in

● Successor

● Pinch hitter

● Stand-in

● Stand-by


Opposite/Antonyms of Understudies:

-


Sentence/Example of Understudies:

But an understudy was to play her part that night and she had no excuse.

And the maid will leave us before the month is over and I shall be her understudy.

She's an understudy, and her principal might fall ill--or something.

Then he turned, roaring: 'Vere is Miss Lawrence's understudy?

It will start in two minutes, and we shall see what the understudy can make of it.

Through the two acts which followed, the understudy kept it up.

I must provide an understudy for Mr. Macy, and others of the cast, also.

John replied fervently, "Oh, sir, I should like to be Harry's understudy."

And he became, on Sunday afternoons, a sort of understudy for Catherine.

Let me repeat, once more, that for every position you should have an understudy.