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watered watered-down windy alternate advocate agent alter ego alternating alternative amicus curiae analogy attorney back and fill back-and-forth backup backup man bandy battledore and shuttlecock be here again be quits with beating champion change changeling circle circling come again come and go come around come round come round again come up again commute comparison compensate complementary cooperate copy corresponding counterchange counterfeit cover cycle cyclic deputy dither do a hitch do a stint do a tour do time double dummy ebb and flow enlist epochal equal equivalent equivocate ersatz even every other exchange exchangeable executive officer exponent fake figurehead fill in for fill-in flounder fluctuate get back at get even with ghost ghostwriter give and take go through phases have a go have tenure hitch and hike hold office imitation in rotation interchange interchangeable intermit intermittent isochronal isochronous keep a watch lieutenant locum locum tenens logroll makeshift measured metaphor metonymy metronomic mock next best thing oscillate oscillatory other paranymph pass and repass pay back pendulate periodic periodical permute personnel phony pinch pinch hitter pleader procurator provisional proxy pulsate pulse pulsing re-up reappear reciprocal reciprocate reciprocative recur recurrent recurring reenlist relief relieve reoccur repeat replacement replacing representative requite reserve reserves respond retaliate return return the compliment revolve rhythmic ride and tie ring the changes ringer roll around rotary rotate rotating seasonal second second in command second string secondary seesaw serial serve time shift shilly-shally shuffle shuttle shuttlecock sign sign up sine wave spare spares spell spell off stagger stand-in steady stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum succeed alternative additional agent alternate alternate choice analogy another attainable backup change changeling choice comparison contingency copy counterfeit deputy different discretion discretional disjunctive double druthers dummy election elective equal equivalent ersatz escape clause escape hatch exchange exchangeable fake fill-in ghost ghostwriter imitation interchangeable locum tenens loophole makeshift metaphor metonymy mock next best thing option optional optionality personnel phony pinch pinch hitter pleasure possibility possible choice preference pretext provisional proxy relief replacement replacing representative reserve reserves ringer saving clause second string secondary selection sign spare spares stand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate symbol synecdoche temporary tentative third string token understudy utility utility player variant vicar vicarious vice-president vice-regent volitional voluntary way of escape way out will and pleasure analogy accordance affinity agent agreement alignment alikeness allegory alliance alternate alternative ambiguity aping approach approximation assimilation backup balancing change changeling closeness coextension collineation community comparability comparative anatomy comparative degree comparative grammar comparative judgment comparative linguistics comparative literature comparative method compare comparing comparison concurrence conformity confrontation confrontment contrast contrastiveness copy copying correlation correspondence counterfeit deputy distinction distinctiveness double dummy equal equidistance equivalent equivocation equivoque ersatz exchange fake fill-in ghost ghostwriter identity imitation likeness likening locum tenens makeshift matching metaphor metonymy mimicking nearness next best thing nondivergence opposing opposition parallelism parity personnel phony pinch hitter proportion proxy relation relief replacement representative resemblance reserves ringer sameness second string secondary semblance sign similarity simile similitude simulation spares stand-in sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate symbol synecdoche tergiversation third string token trope of comparison understudy utility player vicar vice-president vice-regent weighing artifice Gongorism Italian hand Machiavellianism action acuteness ad hoc measure adeptness adroitness affectation affectedness ambidexterity answer art artful dodge artfulness artificiality astuteness bad faith bag of tricks blind bluff bosey cabal cageyness callidity canniness catch chicane chicanery chouse cleverness collusion complicity complot confederacy connivance connivery conspiracy contrivance contriving countermove counterplot coup course of action covin craft craftiness cunning cunningness curve curve-ball cute trick deceit deceitfulness deception deep-laid plot demarche design device dirty deal dirty trick dishonesty dissimulation dodge dodgery double-dealing doubleness doubleness of heart duplicity effort engineering euphemism euphuism expedient faithlessness fakement falseheartedness falseness fast deal feint fetch ficelle finagling fine Italian hand finesse foul play foxiness frame-up gambit game gamesmanship gimmick googly grift guile hocus-pocus hyperelegance improbity improvisation ingeniousness ingenuity insidiousness intrigue inventiveness joker juggle jugglery jury-rig jury-rigged expedient keenness knavery last expedient last resort last shift little game low cunning machination makeshift maneuver maneuvering manipulation manneredness mannerism means measure move one-upmanship originality overelaboration overelegance overniceness overrefinement pass pettifoggery pettifogging pis aller plot plotting ploy preciosity preciousness pretentiousness proficiency purism quickness racket rascality readiness red herring resort resource resourcefulness rigging ruse satanic cunning scheme schemery scheming scurvy trick shake-up sharp practice sharpness shift shiftiness shrewdness skill skulduggery sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick slipperiness slyness sneakiness solution so backup about-face about-turn advocate agent alter ego alternate alternative amicus curiae analogy attorney back track back trail backing backing off backing out backing up backup man champion change changeling comparison copy counterfeit deputy double dummy equal equivalent ersatz exchange executive officer exponent fake figurehead fill-in ghost ghostwriter imitation lieutenant locum locum tenens makeshift metaphor metonymy mock next best thing paranymph personnel phony pinch pinch hitter pleader procurator provisional proxy relief replacement representative reserve reserves reversal reverse reversing reversion right-about right-about-face ringer second in command second string secondary sign spare spares stand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate swingaround symbol synecdoche temporary tentative third string token turnabout turnaround understudy utility utility man utility player vicar vicar general vicarious vice vice-president vice-regent vicegerent volte-face blemished adulterated bandy bandy-legged beautiless bloated blotted bowlegged cacophonic cacophonous checked cicatrized club-footed cracked crazed damaged defaced defective deficient deformed disfigured distorted dwarfed dysphemistic dysphemized erroneous fallible faulty flatfooted flawed found wanting grotesque homely ill-made ill-proportioned ill-shaped immature impaired imperfect imprecise impure inaccurate inadequate incomplete inelegant inexact keloidal kinked knock-kneed lacking makeshift malformed marred mediocre misbegotten misproportioned misshapen mixed monstrous mutilated not perfect off out of shape partial patchy pigeon-toed pimpled pimply plain pug-nosed rachitic rickety scabbed scabby scarified scarred short short on looks simous sketchy snub-nosed split spoiled stumpy swaybacked talipedic truncated twisted uglified ugly ugly as hell ugly as sin unaesthetic unattractive unbeautiful uncomely undeveloped uneven unfinished unhandsome unlovely unperfected unpleasing unpretty unsightly unsound unthorough wanting warped caught short ad-lib astonished caught napping caught off balance extemporaneous extemporized haphazard hasty impromptu improvised makeshift precipitate rough-and-ready snap struck with surprise surprised taken aback taken by surprise taken unawares tripped up unarranged unbegun unconcocted uncontrived undeliberated undevised unhatched unmade unmanufactured unorganized unplanned unpremeditated unprepared unprimed unready unstudied change aberration about-face accommodate adapt adjust advance agency agent alchemy alter alteration alternate alternative ameliorate analogy analysis analyze anatomization anatomize ascend assimilate to assimilation assume assumption atomization atomize avatar back back and fill back up backup bandy barter be changed be converted into be quits with be renewed become becoming better bottom out break break up bring to budge buy and sell castrate change for change into change over change place change-over changeling checker chop chop and change chop logic circle climb coins come about come around come round commutation commute comparison compensate compound for conversion convert cooperate copy counterchange counterfeit deal deform degenerate delegation demarcation denature deputation deputy deputyship descend desexualize desynonymization desynonymize deteriorate deviate deviation difference differencing differentiate differentiation discriminate discrimination disequalization disequalize disjoin disjunction displacement distinction distinguish distinguishment dither diverge divergence diversification diversify divide division do business do over don double dress in dub in dummy ebb equal equivalent equivocate ersatz exchange fake fill-in fit fix flip-flop flop flow fluctuate geld get back at get even with get into get on get over ghost ghostwriter give and take give in exchange give place to go go around go round go sideways growth gyrate hard cash haul around horse-trade imitation improve individualization individualize individuate individuation innovation interchange inverse invert jibe lapse locum tenens logroll make make a distinction make do with make over make way for makeshift mark mark off mark out meliorate metamorphose metamorphosis metaphor metonymy mitigate modification modify changeling agent alternate alternative analogy backup change comparison copy counterfeit deputy double dummy elf child equal equivalent ersatz exchange fake fill-in ghost ghostwriter imitation locum tenens makeshift metaphor metonymy next best thing personnel phony pinch hitter proxy relief replacement representative reserves ringer second string secondary sign spares stand-in sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate symbol synecdoche third string token understudy utility player vicar vice-president vice-regent comparison accordance affinity agent agreement alikeness alliance alternate alternative analogy aping approach approximation assimilation backup balance balancing change changeling closeness commensurability community comparability conformity contrast contrasting copy copying correspondence counterfeit deputy double dummy equal equivalent ersatz exchange fake fill-in ghost ghostwriter identity imitation juxtaposing juxtaposition kinship likeness likening locum tenens makeshift match metaphor metonymy mimicking nearness next best thing parallelism parity personnel phony pinch hitter proxy relation relationship relief replacement representative resemblance reserves ringer sameness second string secondary semblance sign similarity simile similitude simulation spares stand-in sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum superseder supplanter surrogate symbol synecdoche third string token understudy utility player vicar vice-president vice-regent weighing contrivance Charlie McCarthy action ad hoc measure agent anagnorisis ancilla angle answer apparatus appliance approach architectonics architecture argument arrangement art artful dodge artifice atmosphere attack authorship background beginning blind blueprint blueprinting brainchild cabal calculation catastrophe characterization charting chicanery coinage collusion color complication complicity complot conception concoction confederacy connivance conspiracy continuity contraption contriving countermove counterplot coup course of action covin craft creation creative effort creature cute trick deceit deep-laid plot demarche denouement design development device devising disposition dodge dummy dupe effort engineering enterprise envisagement episode expedient fable fabrication fakement falling action feint fetch figuring finagling finesse foresight forethought frame-up gadget gambit game generation gimcrack gimmick gizmo go-between graphing grift ground plan guidelines hand tool handmaid handmaiden hatching idea implement improvisation incident instrument intention interagent intermediary intermediate intermedium intrigue invention jugglery jury-rig jury-rigged expedient knavery last expedient last resort last shift layout lever line lineup little game local color long-range plan machination makeshift making do maneuver maneuvering manipulation mapping master plan means measure mechanical device mechanism mediator medium method methodology midwife minion mintage mood motif move movement mythos operations research organ organization origination pawn peripeteia pis aller plan planning planning function plaything plot plotting ploy power tool prearrangement precision tool procedure program program of action puppet racket rationalization recognition red herring resort resource rigging rising act cope apply to blanket block canopy challenge cloak clothe cloud come through compete compete with contend against contend with cope with cover cover up cowl curtain deal with dispose of do with eclipse eke out emulate film get along get along on get by get by on handle hood jockey keep afloat lay on lay over make do make ends meet make out makeshift manage manage with mantle mask meet muffle obduce obscure occult outvie overlay overspread put on rival scrape along screen scum shield spread over subsist superimpose superpose survive test one another veil vie vie with withstand counterfeit act act a part act like affect affected agent alike alternate alternative analogy ape aped apocryphal appear like approach approximate artificial assume assumed backup bad check bad money base coin bastard be like be redolent of bear resemblance bluff bogus bogus money borrow bring to mind brummagem call to mind call up certified copy change changeling cheat chorus clinquant coin colorable colored come close come near compare with comparison concoct consimilar cook up copied copy correspond counterfeit money counterfeited cover up crib deceit deception deceptive delusive delusory deputy dissemble dissimulate distorted ditto do do a bit do like double dramatize dressed up dummy echo ectype embellished embroidered equal equivalent ersatz evoke exchange fabricate facsimile factitious fair copy faithful copy fake faked fakement false false money falsified falsify fantasize favor favoring feign feigned fictitious fictive fill-in follow following forge forged forgery four-flush frame-up fraud fraudulent fudge gammon garbled ghost ghostwriter go like green goods gyp hatch histrionize hoax hoke hoke up hokey homogeneous humbug icon identical illegitimate image imitate imitated imitation impostor insincere invent junk junky kite let on let on like like likeness locum tenens look like make a pretense make as if make believe make like make out like make up make-believe makeshift man-made manufacture match meretricious metaphor metonymy mimic mimicked mint mirror misleading mock near nearly reproduce nearly reproduced next best thing not tell apart not unlike overact parallel partake of paste pasticcio pastiche personnel perverted phony picture pinch pinch hitter pinchbeck plagiarize plagiarized play play a part play a scene play possum playact portrait pretend pretended countermove action ad hoc measure answer artifice contrivance coup course of action demarche device dodge effort expedient gimmick improvisation jury-rig jury-rigged expedient last expedient last resort last shift makeshift maneuver means measure move pis aller resort resource shake-up shift solution step stopgap stratagem stroke stroke of policy tactic temporary expedient trick trump working hypothesis working proposition coup abduction accomplished fact accomplishment achievement act acta action ad hoc measure adventure answer apprehension arrest arrestation art artful dodge artifice blind blow breath capture catch catching chicanery collaring conspiracy contrivance countermove course of action crack craft cute trick dealings deceit deed demarche design device dodge doing doings dragnet effort endeavor enterprise expedient exploit fait accompli fakement feat feint fetch flash forcible seizure gambit game gest gimmick go grab grabbing grift half a jiffy half a mo half a second half a shake hand handiwork hold improvisation instant intrigue jiff jiffy job jugglery jury-rig jury-rigged expedient kidnapping knavery last expedient last resort last shift little game makeshift maneuver means measure microsecond millisecond minute moment move nabbing operation overt act passage performance picking up pis aller plot ploy power grab prehension proceeding production racket red herring res gestae resort resource running in ruse scheme sec second seizure seizure of power shake shake-up shift sleight snatch snatching solution split second step stopgap stratagem strategy stroke stroke of policy stunt subterfuge tactic taking in taking into custody temporary expedient thing thing done tick tour de force transaction trice trick trickery trump turn twink twinkle twinkling twitch two shakes undertaking wile wily device wink work working hypothesis working proposition works course of action action ad hoc measure answer artifice contrivance countermove coup demarche device dodge effort expedient gimmick improvisation jury-rig jury-rigged expedient last expedient last resort last shift makeshift maneuver means measure move pis aller resort resource shake-up shift solution step stopgap stratagem stroke stroke of policy tactic temporary expedient trick trump working hypothesis working proposition damaged adulterated aggravated blemished broken burned burst busted checked chipped cracked crazed cut defective deficient deteriorated embittered erroneous exacerbated fallible faulty flawed found wanting harmed hurt immature impaired imperfect imprecise impure in bits in pieces in shards inaccurate inadequate incomplete inexact injured irritated lacerated lacking makeshift mangled marred mediocre mixed mutilated not perfect off partial patchy rent ruptured scalded scorched shattered short sketchy slashed slit smashed split spoiled sprung the worse for torn undeveloped uneven unfinished unperfected unsound unthorough wanting weakened worse worse off worsened defective aberrant abroad adrift adulterated all abroad all off all wrong ament amiss amputee arrested askew astray at fault awry backward beside the mark blemished born fool broken callow checked cicatrized clot congenital idiot corrupt corrupted cracked crazed cretin cripple damaged debased deceptive defaced deficient deformed deformity delusive deranged deviant deviational deviative disfigured disordered distorted disturbed embryonic errant erring erroneous exceptional failing fallacious fallible false faultful faulty flawed found wanting golem half-assed half-wit handicapped person heretical heterodox hypoplastic idiot illogical illusory imbecile immature impaired imperfect imprecise impure in arrear in arrears in default in short supply inaccurate inadequate incapable incompetent incomplete inexact infant injured insufficient juggins keloidal kinked lacking makeshift marred mediocre mentally deficient missing mixed mongoloid idiot moron natural natural idiot natural-born fool needing not enough not perfect not right not true off off the track on the blink on the fritz out out of order paralytic paraplegic part partial patchy peccant perverse perverted pimpled pimply quadriplegic retarded scabbed scabby scant scanty scarified scarred scrappy self-contradictory short shy sick simp simple simpleton sketchy split straying subnormal the crippled the handicapped too little twisted underdeveloped undeveloped unequal to uneven unfactual unfinished unhealthy unorthodox unperfected unproved unqualified unsatisfactory unsatisfying unsettled unsound unsufficing unthorough untrue vitiated wanting warped wide wrong deficient adulterated amiss arrested bad base blemished botched bungling callow clumsy damaged defective embryonic erroneous failing fallible faulty flawed found wanting half-assed haphazard hit-and-miss hit-or-miss hypoplastic immature impaired imperfect imprecise impure in arrear in arrears in default in short supply in want of inaccurate inadequate incompetent incomplete inexact infant inferior infrequent injured insufficient lacking little makeshift maladroit marred mean mediocre messy minus missing mixed needing not comparable not enough not in it not perfect off out of it part partial patchy petty promiscuous rare scant scanty scarce scrappy scrimpy shabby short short of shy sketchy skimpy slipshod slipshoddy sloppy slovenly sluttish small too little trivial uncommon underdeveloped undeveloped unequal to uneven unfinished unperfected unqualified unreached unsatisfactory unsatisfying unskillful unsound unsufficing unthorough untidy wanting deputy G-man MP acolyte adjutant administrator advocate agent aid aide aide-de-camp aider alternate alternative ambassador amicus curiae analogy appointee assignee assistant attendant attorney attorney-at-law auxiliary backup bailiff barrister barrister-at-law beadle beagle best man bound bailiff candidate captain catchpole change changeling chief of police coadjutant coadjutor coadjutress coadjutrix commissioner comparison conductor connection constable copy counsel counselor counselor-at-law counterfeit delegate deputy sheriff detective directeur director double dummy emissary envoy equal equivalent ersatz exchange executive officer factor fake fed federal fill-in flic friend at court front front man gendarme ghost ghostwriter go-between government man governor help helper helpmate helpmeet imitation impresario inspector intendant interagent interceder intercessor intermediary intermediate intermediate agent intermediator intermedium internuncio intervener interventionist interventor lawyer legal adviser legal counselor legal expert legal practitioner legalist legate licensee lictor lieutenant locum tenens mace-bearer makeshift manager marshal mediator medium metaphor metonymy middleman minister mounted policeman mouthpiece narc negotiant negotiator negotiatress negotiatrix next best thing nominee officer ombudsman operative paranymph paraprofessional patrolman peace officer personnel phony pinch hitter pleader police captain police commissioner police constable police inspector police matron police officer police sergeant policeman policewoman portreeve proctor procurator producer proxy rector reeve relief replacement representative reserve reserves responsible person ringer roundsman sea lawyer second second string secondary selectee self-styled lawyer sergeant sergeant at arms servant sher dodge about the bush action ad hoc measure answer around the bush art artful dodge artifice avoid avoidance avoiding reaction back and fill bag of tricks ballot-box stuffing be stuck-up beat about beat around beg the question bicker blench blind blink bluff bob boggle bosey bunco cardsharping carefully ignore catch cavil cheat cheating chicane chicanery choplogic chouse circumvention cold-shoulder conspiracy contrivance countermove coup course of action cozenage craft cringe curve curve-ball cut a corner cut corners cute trick dart deceit deceive deception defense mechanism demarche design device diddle diddling dirty deal dirty trick dishonesty dog it double-talk draw back duck duck duty effort elude elusion elusiveness equivocate equivocation escape evade evade the issue evasion evasive action evasiveness expedient fade fakement fall back fallback fast deal feint fence fetch ficelle fight shy of finesse fishy transaction flam flimflam flinch forbearance forestalling forestallment fraud fraudulence fraudulency fudge gambit game gerrymandering get out of getting around gimmick goldbrick goof off googly graft grift gyp gyp joint hang back hedge hem and haw hocus-pocus hold aloof hum and haw illicit business imposition imposture improvisation intrigue jesuitism jib jink joker juggle jugglery jury-rig jury-rigged expedient keep aloof knavery last expedient last resort last shift little game machination makeshift malinger maneuver means measure mince the truth mince words move move aside mystify neutrality nitpick nonintervention noninvolvement not pull fair obscure palter parry pass pass over pass over lightly pick nits pis aller plan plot ploy prevaricate prevarication prevention pull away pull back pullback pullout pussyfoot put off quail quibble quiddity quillet quip quirk quodlibet dummy Boeotian Charlie McCarthy Intertype Linotype Monotype a nobody a nothing ace adherent advocate affected agent alter ego alternate alternative amicus curiae analogy ancilla apocryphal appliance artificial ass assumed attorney backup backup man bastard best bower block blockhead bogus bower brummagem burlesque bust cards carving champion change changeling cheat cipher clay model clinquant clod clubs cold-type typesetting colorable colored common man comparison composing composing stick composition computerized typesetting contrivance copy counterfeit counterfeited creature deaf-mute deck deputy deuce device diamonds dimwit disciple distorted doll dolly dolt donkey dope double dressed up dud dullard dullhead dumb cluck dumbbell dummkopf dunce dupe duplication embellished embroidered equal equivalent ersatz exchange executive officer exponent face cards facsimile factitious fake faked fakement false falsified fantoccini feigned fictitious fictive figure figurehead figurine fill-in flunky flush follower fool forgery frame-up fraud front front man full house furniture galley chase garbled ghost ghostwriter gillie gingerbread man go-between goon gowk hand handmaid handmaiden hanger-on hearts henchman hoax hollow man hot-metal typesetting idiot ignoramus illegitimate imitation implement imposition impostor insignificancy instrument interagent intermediary intermediate intermedium jack jackal jackstraw jobbernowl joker junk junky justification king knave knockoff lackey lackwit lamebrain lay figure layout left bower lever lieutenant lightweight likeness line of type little fellow little guy locum locum tenens looby loon make-believe makeshift man man of straw man-made manikin mannequin mannikin marionette mechanism mediator mediocrity medium metaphor metonymy midwife minion m effort accomplished fact accomplishment achievement act acta action ad hoc measure adventure affair answer application approach artifice assay attainment attempt bid blow business chore commitment contract contrivance countermove coup course of action crack creation deal dealings deed demarche determination device dodge doing doings elbow grease endeavor energy engagement enterprise essay exertion expedient experiment exploit fait accompli feat fling force gambit gest gimmick go hand handiwork hard pull improvisation job jury-rig jury-rigged expedient labor last expedient last resort last shift lick long pull makeshift maneuver means measure might might and main move muscle nerve and sinew obligation offer operation overt act pains passage performance pis aller plan power proceeding production program project proposition puissance res gestae resolution resort resource shake-up shift shot solution stab step stopgap strain stratagem striving stroke stroke of policy strong bid struggle stunt tactic task temporary expedient tentative thing thing done toil tour de force transaction travail trial trial and error trick trouble trump try turn undertaking venture whack while work working hypothesis working proposition works equal accord accordant agent agree aligned alike alter ego alternate alternative amount to analogous analogy approach at par au pair automatic backup balance balanced be parallel beat break even brother capable of challenge comparison change changeable changeling coequal coextend coextending coextensive coincident coincidental coinciding collateral colleague come to come up to commensurable commensurate commutable commutative comparable compare comparison compeer competitor concurrent congruent congruous consistent consonant constant continuous convertible coordinate copy correspond correspond to correspondent corresponding coterminous counterfeit counterpart deputy dispassionate distributional distributive ditto double draw drawn dummy duplicate emulate equable equal to equalize equalized equalizing equidistant equilateral equipollent equispaced equitable equivalent ersatz eurythmic even even off even stephen exchange exchanged fair fake fellow fifty-fifty fill-in finished flat ghost ghostwriter give-and-take go alongside go beside half half-and-half halvers harmonious homogeneous identic identical imitation immutable impartial indistinguishable interchangeable interchanged invariable just keep pace with knot knotted level like lined up locum tenens makeshift match match up with matching mate measure up measure up to measured mechanical meet metaphor methodic metonymy monolithic mutual next best thing nip and tuck nonconvergent nondivergent objective of a piece on a footing on a level on a par on even ground opposite number ordered orderly par parallel parallelepipedal parallelinervate paralleling parallelodrome parallelogrammatic parallelogrammic parallelotropic partake of particular peer per capita per head permutable persistent personnel phony pinch hitter pro rata proportional proportio equivalent Doppelganger accordant actual thing affirmative agent agnate agreeable agreeing akin alike all one all the same ally alter ego alternate alternative analogon analogous analogue analogy answerable answering associate at one backup balance ballast brother carbon copy change changeable changeling close close copy close match coequal coexistent coexisting coextensive cognate coherent coincident coincidental coinciding commensurate commutable commutative companion comparable comparison compatible compeer complement complemental complementary concordant concurring conformable congenator congener congenial congruent congruous consentaneous consentient consideration consistent consonant convertible cooperating cooperative coordinate copy correlate correlative correspondent corresponding coterminous counterbalance counterfeit counterpart counterpoise counterweight dead ringer deputy ditto double dummy duplicate en rapport equal equalizing equiparant equipoise equipollent ersatz even exact counterpart exchange exchanged facsimile fake fellow fill-in ghost ghostwriter give-and-take harmonious homograph homologous homonym homophone idem identic identical identical same image imitation in accord in agreement in rapport in sync in synchronization inaccordance indistinguishable inharmony interchangeable interchanged kindred spirit like like-minded likeness locum tenens makeshift makeweight match matching mate metaphor metonymy mock much the same mutual near duplicate next best thing no other none other obverse of a kind of a piece of a size of like mind of one mind offset on all fours opposite number parallel paralleling peer pendant permutable personnel phony picture pinch pinch hitter positive proportionate provisional proxy quid pro quo reciprocal reciprocating reciprocative reconcilable relief erroneous Albigensian Arian Catharist Donatist Ebionitist Erastian Gnostic Jansenist Jansenistic Jovinianist Jovinianistic Lollard Manichaean Monophysite Monophysitic Montanist Montanistic Pelagian Sabellian Waldensian Wyclifite aberrant abroad adrift adulterated all abroad all off all wrong amiss antinomian apocryphal askew astray at fault awry barbarous beside the mark blemished botched bungled careless contrary to fact corrupt counterfeit damaged deceptive defective deficient delusive deviant deviational deviative distorted emanationist errant erring fallacious fallible false faultful faulty flawed found wanting heretical heterodox hylotheist hylotheistic illogical illusory immature impaired imperfect imprecise improper impure in error inaccurate inadequate incomplete incorrect inexact infelicitous invalid lacking loose makeshift mediocre misguided misleading mistaken mixed nonorthodox not perfect not right not true off off the track out pantheist pantheistic partial patchy peccant perverse perverted planetary self-contradictory short sketchy slipshod slovenly solecistic specious spurious straying truthless unaccepted unapproved unauthentic unauthoritative uncanonical undeveloped uneven unfactual unfinished unfounded ungrammatic unorthodox unperfected unproved unscriptural unsound unthorough untrue wanting wide wrong ersatz affected agent alike alternate alternative analogy aped apocryphal artificial assumed backup bastard bogus brummagem change changeling colorable colored comparison consimilar copied copy counterfeit counterfeited deputy distorted double dressed up dummy embellished embroidered equal equivalent exchange factitious fake faked false falsified favoring feigned fictitious fictive fill-in following forged garbled ghost ghostwriter hokey homogeneous identical illegitimate imitated imitation junky like locum tenens make-believe makeshift man-made metaphor metonymy mimicked mock nearly reproduced next best thing not unlike personnel perverted phony pinch pinch hitter pinchbeck plagiarized pretended provisional proxy pseudo put-on quasi queer relief replacement representative resembling reserve reserves ringer second string secondary self-styled sham shoddy sign similar simulacrum simulated smacking of so-called soi-disant something like spare spares spurious stand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum suggestive of superseder supplanter supposititious surrogate symbol synecdoche synthetic temporary tentative third string tin tinsel titivated token twisted unauthentic understudy ungenuine uniform with unnatural unreal utility utility player vicar vicarious vice-president vice-regent warped excuse abject apology absolution absolve acknowledgment acquit acquittal acquittance alibi alibi out of allow amnesty apologize for apology basis be blind to blind breast-beating cause clear clearance clearing cloak color compurgation condonation condone confession contrition cop-out cover cover story cover with excuses cover-up decontaminate defence defend defense destigmatization destigmatize destigmatizing device discharge disculpation dismiss dismissal dispense dispense from dispense with disregard escape evasion except exculpate exculpation exempt exempt from exemption exonerate exoneration explain explanation extenuate extenuation facade feint forgive forgiveness foundation free front give absolution give dispensation from gloss gloss over grace grant amnesty to grant forgiveness grant immunity grant remission grounds guise handle heedlessness ignore immunity indemnity indulgence justification justify lame excuse let go let off liberate lie out of likely story locus standi loophole make apology for makeshift mask mea culpa mitigate mitigation nonpros offer excuse for ostensible motive out overlook palliate palliation pardon pass over penitence permit plea plead ignorance poor excuse 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