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Definition of substitute

adjective:

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder". Synonyms: utility.
• serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan". Synonyms: alternate, alternative.
• artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee", "substitute coffee". Synonyms: ersatz.

noun:

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another. Synonyms: replacement.
• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced. Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer.
• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes", "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins". Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in.

verb:

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt", "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk", "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning". Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace.
• be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague", "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet". Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub.
• act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold". Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in.

Related words

alternate, cover, double, ersatz, locum, reduce, replacement, retool, shift, subrogate, succedaneum, successor, surrogate, truncate.

Rhymes with

absolute, arrowroot, attribute, attribute, bandicoot, bandicoot, bitterroot, breadfruit, constitute, convolute, countersuit, crapshoot, destitute, electrocute, execute, grapefruit, institute, jumpsuit, lawsuit, malamute.