Synonyms for Substitution
sub·sti·tu·tion

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1. substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun

   an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

   Synonyms:
   reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, switch, substitution, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, replacement, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switch

2. substitution, exchange, commutationnoun

   the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

   Synonyms:
   switch, rally, substitution, commutation, exchange, replacement, telephone exchange, transposition, commuting, central, re-sentencing, permutation, interchange

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, COMMUTATION

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commutation

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1. List of paraphrases for "substitution":

   replacement, surrogate, substitute, alternative, override, replace, replacing, lieu, substituted

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1. Nick Saban:

   We played the whole game in the same personnel group, so we didn’t get into all this substitution stuff that was a problem for us last year.

2. Sharima Rasanayagam:

   This is a classic case of 'regrettable substitution' in which the replacement chemical is as toxic as the chemical it was replacing, the lack of transparency regarding the identity and safety of the chemicals used as BPA replacements makes it very difficult to assess the overall safety of the alternative.

3. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   Perpetually restless, Thomas Wolfe was “without a home — a vagabond since [he] was seven” and seeking out where he belonged physically (i.e. in Asheville, his home or Harvard) as well as intellectually. This concept that he was indeed without a father led him to gain greater understanding, eventually realizing that his search for a patriarch was not merely a “father in the flesh,” but a substitution for God, a guiding light, and an alluring source of inspiration.

4. Charles Lichfield:

   There has been fairly successful substitution, mainly for food, and on some other parts that go into industrial goods... but it's mainly been on the lower end of the economic scale.

5. Thomas Brueck:

   To substitute 100 percent of the kerosene use today, we will not do it with algae alone. We need a combination of different technologies to actually enable that substitution.