Synonyms for substitute
ˈsʌb stɪˌtut, -ˌtyut

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1. substitute, replacement(noun)

   a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

   Synonyms:
   fill-in, substitution, refilling, relief, successor, replacing, backup, renewal, backup man, reliever, second-stringer, transposition, permutation, surrogate, reserve, replacement, alternate, replenishment, stand-in, switch

   Antonyms:
   primary, natural

2. substitute, reserve, second-stringer(noun)

   an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

   Synonyms:
   fill-in, relief, replacement, backup, backlog, backup man, reliever, second-stringer, military reserve, reserve, modesty, reticence, stand-in, stockpile, reservation, taciturnity

   Antonyms:
   natural, primary

3. stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   backup man, rest period, second-stringer, stand-in, respite, support, accompaniment, ease, backup, rest, succour, allayer, assuagement, relief pitcher, musical accompaniment, rilievo, easing, replacement, reserve, easement, reliever, relief, alleviation, fill-in, succor, comforter, relievo, moderation, computer backup, ministration, sculptural relief, embossment, championship, backing, patronage, fireman

   Antonyms:
   natural, primary

4. utility(a), substitute(a)(adj)

   capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

   "a utility infielder"

   Antonyms:
   primary, natural

5. alternate, alternative, substitute(adj)

   serving or used in place of another

   "an alternative plan"

   Synonyms:
   alternate, alternating(a), utility(a), ersatz, alternate(a), alternative, substitute(a)

   Antonyms:
   primary, natural

6. ersatz, substitute(verb)

   artificial and inferior

   "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

   Synonyms:
   substitute(a), alternate, alternative, ersatz, utility(a)

   Antonyms:
   primary, natural

7. substitute, replace, interchange, exchange(verb)

   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"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

   Synonyms:
   change, fill in, interchange, step in, replace, supervene upon, supercede, tack, alternate, deputize, commute, switch over, exchange, flip, supplant, transpose, stand in, put back, convert, switch, supersede, flip-flop, deputise, counterchange, sub

   Antonyms:
   natural, primary

8. substitute, sub, stand in, fill in(verb)

   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, sub, exchange, shade, fill out, step in, deputise, stand in, complete, replace, deputize, interchange

   Antonyms:
   natural, primary

9. substitute, deputize, deputise, step in(verb)

   act as a substitute

   "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

   Synonyms:
   depute, fill in, sub, exchange, intervene, step in, interpose, deputise, stand in, interfere, replace, deputize, interchange

   Antonyms:
   primary, natural

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. substitute(v)

   To change is distinctively to make a thing other than it has been, in some respect at least; to exchange to put or take something else in its place; to alter is ordinarily to change partially, to make different in one or more particulars. To exchange is often to transfer ownership; as, to exchange city for country property. Change is often used in the sense of exchange; as, to change horses. To transmute is to change the qualities while the substance remains the same; as, to transmute the baser metals into gold. To transform is to change form or appearance, with or without deeper and more essential change; it is less absolute than transmute, tho sometimes used for that word, and is often used in a spiritual sense as transmute could not be; "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind," Rom. xii, 2. Transfigure is, as in its Scriptural use, to change in an exalted and glorious spiritual way; "Jesus ... was transfigured before them, and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light," Matt. xvii, 1, 2. To metamorphose is to make some remarkable change, ordinarily in external qualities, but often in structure, use, or chemical constitution, as of a caterpillar into a butterfly, of the stamens of a plant into petals, or of the crystalline structure of rocks, hence called "metamorphic rocks," as when a limestone is metamorphosed into a marble. To vary is to change from time to time, often capriciously. To commute is to put something easier, lighter, milder, or in some way more favorable in place of that which is commuted; as, to commute capital punishment to imprisonment for life; to commute daily fares on a railway to a monthly payment. To convert (Latin con, with, and verto, turn) is to primarily turn about, and signifies to change in form, character, use, etc., through a wide range of relations; iron is converted into steel, joy into grief, a sinner into a saint. To turn is a popular word for change in any sense short of the meaning of exchange, being often equivalent to alter, convert, transform, transmute, etc. We modify or qualify a statement which might seem too strong; we modify it by some limitation, qualify it by some addition.

   Synonyms:
   alter, change, change, commute, convert, diversify, exchange, metamorphose, modify, qualify, shift, transfigure, transform, transmute, turn, vary, veer

   Antonyms:
   abide, bide, continue, endure, hold, keep, persist, remain, retain, stay

   Preposition:
   To change a home toilet for a street dress; to change from a caterpillar to or into a butterfly; to change clothes with a beggar.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. substitute

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commute, represent, replace, supply, depute

   Antonyms:
   retain, fix, continue, perpetuate, stabilitate, establish

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. substitute(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commute, put in the place of

2. substitute(n.)

   Synonyms:
   proxy, lieutenant, agent, deputy, LOCUM TENENS

3. substitute(n.)

   Synonyms:
   makeshift, temporary expedient

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. substitute(n)

   Synonyms:
   deputy, proxy, representative, agent, lieutenant, delegate, vicar, envoy, locum tenens, makeshift, expedient, shift, resource

   Associated words:
   vicarious

2. substitute(v)

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commute

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   replace, replacement, substitution, alternate, alternative, surrogate, substitutes, replacing, override, subsitute, alternates, lieu, replaced, supersede, proxy

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How to use substitute in a sentence?

1. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big.

2. W. Somerset Maugham:

   She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

3. Harriet Lerner:

   Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.

4. Henry Rome:

   The way I look at it, this is the substitute for a military response, not the prelude to it.

5. Sheila Vakharia:

   This result highlights what many would call the substitution effect : when people substitute one drug for another, according to the substitution effect, people who have become dependent on prescribed opioids and lose convenient access to them may substitute with heroin. However, illicit heroin is often of unknown quality and purity... so it can increase risk of accidental overdose and poisoning.

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