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▸ noun: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
▸ noun: an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
▸ noun: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
▸ verb: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items ("Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk")
▸ verb: be a substitute ("The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague")
▸ verb: act as a substitute
▸ adjective: artificial and inferior ("Substitute coffee")
▸ Also see substituting
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▸ noun: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
▸ noun: an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
▸ noun: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
▸ verb: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items ("Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk")
▸ verb: be a substitute ("The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague")
▸ verb: act as a substitute
▸ adjective: artificial and inferior ("Substitute coffee")
▸ Also see substituting
▸ Words similar to substitute
▸ Usage examples for substitute
▸ Idioms related to substitute (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing substitute
▸ Popular nouns described by substitute
▸ Words that often appear near substitute
▸ Rhymes of substitute
▸ Invented words related to substitute