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. Naveed Sattar:

   This means the former pattern of occasional napping is intentional and the latter of more regular napping likely represents sub-clinical illness linked to poorer lifestyle. This would then explain the differential risks, i don't think one can work out from this work whether.

2. Tess Thompson Talley:

   The giraffe I hunted was the South African sub-species of giraffe. The numbers of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting. The breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old. Giraffes get darker with age.

3. Saab India:

   We already have a Make in India plan for our aircraft, we have all the designs for a factory ... how it would look like and how the flow of products would work, and we have also prepared for sub-contractors being in the same area.

4. Francis Kateh:

   Today is a day to celebrate but we should not forget what we have learned, as long as there are still cases in the sub-region, we are still not free.

5. Jeroen Dijsselbloem:

   On the basis of a final compliance notice... the EWG agreed that the Greek authorities have now completed the first set of milestones and the financial sector measures that are essential for a successful recapitalization process, the agreement paves the way for the formal approval by the ESM Board of Directors on Monday 23 November of disbursing the 2 billion euro sub-tranche linked to the first set of milestones.