Defenition of the word vicarious
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Defenition of the word vicarious
- Experienced or gained through someone else; done by watching or reading rather than through personal experience.
- experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement"
- suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; "vicarious atonement"
- occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; "vicarious menstruation"
- suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
- occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
- experienced at secondhand
Synonyms for the word vicarious
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- explicit
- juicy
- sensational
- shocking
- vivid
Similar words in the vicarious
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- abnormal
- exchangeable
- secondary
- vicarious
- vicariously
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