Search Result for "substitute": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another;
[syn: substitute, replacement]

2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced;
[syn: substitute, reserve, second-stringer]

3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);
- Example: "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"
- Example: "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
[syn: stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in]


VERB (3)

1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items;
- Example: "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"
- Example: "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
- Example: "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
[syn: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange]

2. be a substitute;
- Example: "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"
- Example: "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
[syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]

3. act as a substitute;
- Example: "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
[syn: substitute, deputize, deputise, step in]


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
- Example: "a utility infielder"
[syn: utility(a), substitute(a)]

2. serving or used in place of another;
- Example: "an alternative plan"
[syn: alternate, alternative, substitute]

3. artificial and inferior;
- Example: "ersatz coffee"
- Example: "substitute coffee"
[syn: ersatz, substitute]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room
         of others.                               --Congreve.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Hast thou not made me here thy substitute? --Milton.
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         Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the
         sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern
         parasol.                                 --De Quincey.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

148 Moby Thesaurus words for "substitute":
   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