Definition of substitute | What does substitute mean?
What is the definition of the word SUBSTITUTE?
Here is a list of definitions for substitute.
- a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
- an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
- 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"
What are the verbs of the word SUBSTITUTE?
Here is a list of definitions for substitute.
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
- 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"
- act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
What are the synonyms of the word SUBSTITUTE?
What is another word for SUBSTITUTE?. Here is a list of synonyms for SUBSTITUTE
- SUBSTITUTE
- REPLACEMENT
- RESERVE
- SECOND-STRINGER
- STAND-IN
- RELIEF
- RELIEVER
- BACKUP
- BACKUP MAN
- FILL-IN
- REPLACE
- INTERCHANGE
- EXCHANGE
- SUB
- STAND IN
- FILL IN
- DEPUTIZE
- DEPUTISE
- STEP IN
Words beginning with SUBSTITUTE?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with SUBSTITUTE.
What words can be made with SUBSTITUTE?
We only list the first 50 results for any words that can be made with SUBSTITUTE.
In which dictionaries does the word substitute exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes