Synonyms for sub
sʌbsub

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1. bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zepnoun

   a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

   Synonyms:
   gunman, gunslinger, chock, pigboat, hired gun, molar, paladin, hacek, torpedo, wedge heel, gun, numbfish, hero, shooter, crampfish, mill, wedge shape, submarine sandwich, milling machinery, submarine, zep, hit man, fighter, gun for hire, hitman, grinder, bomber, electric ray, hoagy, triggerman, wedge, cuneus, hero sandwich, champion, hoagie, poor boy

2. submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boatverb

   a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

   Synonyms:
   wedge, zep, poor boy, hoagie, bomber, submarine, grinder, hero sandwich, hoagy, submarine sandwich, hero, pigboat, torpedo

3. substitute, sub, stand in, fill inverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   make out, fill in, exchange, shade, fill out, step in, deputise, stand in, complete, replace, deputize, interchange, substitute

Matched Categories

1. • Exchange
   • Sandwich

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1. List of paraphrases for "sub":

   sup, ncm, submarine, udb, assistant, auxiliary, bathosub, under, subinventory, underwater, subkey, undersea, subsea, u-boat, secondary

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1. List of known nicknames for "Sub":

   Andreas Mangweth

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How to use sub in a sentence?

1. Andrea Taylor:

   There's a real lack of clear data about what's happening on the country level across sub-Saharan Africa. We need more clarity on that, so we can understand the scope of the problem.

2. Michael Malone:

   I do my sub chart for every game and at the bottom of that are the guys that are out, you see, ‘ Jamal Murray, out. ’ You see ‘ Michael Porter, out. ’ You see.

3. Pedro Alsonso:

   Our estimates are that depending on the level of service disruption (due to COVID-19) ... there could be an excess of malaria deaths of somewhere between 20,000 and 100,000 in sub-Saharan Africa, most of them in young children, it’s very likely that excess malaria mortality is larger than the direct COVID mortality.

4. Iwan Isnurwanto:

   There was nothing that they could do, no time to do anything... if the sub was brought down by such a wave. It likely angled [downward], causing all the crew members to roll down, we have to do further investigation, but that is most likely what happened.

5. Brad Wilkins:

   We believe that once a sub-two-hour marathon is done, the records will fall at traditional marathons after that, people will run faster and faster, similar to when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile.