Synonyms and related words :
agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, archon, backup, chancellor, change, changeling, chief executive, chief executive officer, comparison, copy, counterfeit, dean, deputy, double, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive, executive director, executive officer, executive secretary, fake, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, imitation, locum tenens, magistrate, makeshift, management, managing director, metaphor, metonymy, next best thing, officer, official, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, prefect, president, prexy, provost, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, ringer, second string, secondary, secretary, sign, spares, stand-in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, the administration, third string, token, treasurer, understudy, utility player, vicar, vice-chairman, vice-chancellor, vice-consul, vice-director, vice-governor, vice-king, vice-legate, vice-master, vice-premier, vice-queen, vice-regent, vice-warden, vicegerent, viceroy, warden