substitute
Other forms: substituted; substitutes; substituting
Something or someone that takes the place of another is said to be a substitute. You may be sent into a game as a substitute for an injured player, or you might substitute chocolate chips for blueberries in a pancake recipe.
Substitute can be used as an adjective to describe something or someone that takes the place of another. Teenagers are notoriously hard on substitute teachers, sometimes giving them fake names or wrong information about classroom work. Substitute can also be used as a verb. So if you are asked to substitute for a teacher, you probably shouldn't believe everything the students tell you!
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a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
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synonyms:
replacement
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types:
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ersatz
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
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successor
a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
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succedaneum
(medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another)
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equivalent
a person or thing equal to another in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.
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ersatz
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someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
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types:
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locum, locum tenens
someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession
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double, stunt man, stunt woman
a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
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alternate, replacement, surrogate
someone who takes the place of another person
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locum, locum tenens
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an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
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synonyms:
reserve, second-stringer
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bench warmer
(sports) a substitute who seldom plays
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pinch hitter
(baseball) a substitute for the regular batter
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bench warmer
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put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items“substitute regular milk with fat-free milk”
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synonyms:
exchange, interchange, replace
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shift
move and exchange for another
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reduce, simplify
simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
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truncate
replace a corner by a plane
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retool
provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
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subrogate
substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured
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be a substitute
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act as a substitute
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serving or used in place of another
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synonyms:
alternate, alternative
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secondary
being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
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secondary
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artificial and inferior
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capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
/ˌsəbstəˈtut/
/ˈsəbstɪtut/
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