succedaneum

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: suc=ce=da=ne=um

CIDE DICTIONARY

succedaneum, n. [NL. See Succedaneous.].

 One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute;  [1913 Webster]
"In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

succedaneum, n. (pl. succedanea) a substitute, esp. for a medicine or drug.

Derivative

succedaneous adj.

Etymology

mod.L, neut. of L succedaneus (as SUCCEED)

ROGET THESAURUS

succedaneum

Substitution

N substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.