'Substitute' definitions:
Definition of 'substitute'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" [syn: utility(a), substitute(a)]
adjective
Serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan" [syn: alternate, alternative, substitute]
adjective
Artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" [syn: ersatz, substitute]
noun
A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another [syn: substitute, replacement]
noun
An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced [syn: substitute, reserve, second-stringer]
noun
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" [syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-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" [syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]
verb
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" [syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]
verb
Definition of 'Substitute'
From: GCIDE
- Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, n. [L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See Statute.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.), a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man. [1913 Webster]
- Hast thou not made me here thy substitute? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Substitute'
From: GCIDE
- Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Substituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Substituting.] [See Substitute, n.] To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange. [1913 Webster]
- Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'substitute'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- additional,
- advocate,
- agent,
- alter ego,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amicus curiae,
- analogy,
- another,
- attorney,
- backup,
- backup man,
- bit player,
- champion,
- change,
- change for,
- changeling,
- commute,
- comparison,
- compound for,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- delegate,
- deputy,
- dernier ressort,
- displace,
- double,
- double for,
- dub in,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- executive officer,
- expediency,
- expedient,
- exponent,
- extra,
- fake,
- false,
- father figure,
- father image,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- figurehead,
- fill-in,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- give place to,
- imitation,
- lieutenant,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- make do with,
- make way for,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mock,
- mother figure,
- mother surrogate,
- mute,
- next best thing,
- offer in exchange,
- other,
- paranymph,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch,
- pinch hitter,
- pinch-hit for,
- pleader,
- procurator,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- put up with,
- recourse,
- redeem,
- refuge,
- relay,
- relief,
- relieve,
- replace,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserve,
- reserves,
- resort,
- ring in,
- ringer,
- second,
- second in command,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sham,
- shift with,
- sign,
- simulated,
- spare,
- spares,
- spear-carrier,
- spurious,
- stand in for,
- stand-in,
- standby,
- stopgap,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute for,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- supe,
- super,
- supernumerary,
- superseder,
- supplant,
- supplanter,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- supply,
- support,
- supporting actor,
- supporting cast,
- surrogate,
- swap,
- switch,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- take in exchange,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- third string,
- token,
- trade,
- understudy,
- utility,
- utility man,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vicar general,
- vicarious,
- vice,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- vicegerent,
- walk-on,
- walking gentleman