About The Word Substitute
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Substitute
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What's The Definition Of Substitute?
[n] a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
[n] 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" [n] an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out [v] 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" [v] be a substitute [v] act as a substitute for Synonyms | Synonyms for Substitute: backup | backup man | deputise | deputize | fill in | fill-in | relief | reliever | replace | replacement | reserve | stand in | stand in | stand-in | step in | sub Related Terms | Find terms related to Substitute: See Also | alternate | athlete | bench | bench warmer | change | compeer | cover | double | equal | equivalent | exchange | interchange | jock | locum | locum tenens | match | peer | pinch hitter | reduce | replace | replacement | retool | shift | stunt man | stunt woman | subrogate | succedaneum | successor | supersede | supervene upon | supplant | surrogate | truncate Substitute In Webster's Dictionary \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.
Hast thou not made me here thy substitute? --Milton.
Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the sole
substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.
--De Quincey.
\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. Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. --Congreve. |
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