substitute
1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (Freq. 9) • Syn: replacement • Derivationally related forms: replace (for: replacement) • Hypernyms: equivalent • Hyponyms: ersatz, successor, succedaneum 2. 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 • Syn: stand-in, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in • Derivationally related forms: fill in (for: fill-in), relieve (for: reliever), stand in (for: stand-in) • Hypernyms: peer, equal, match, compeer • Hyponyms: locum tenens, locum, double, stunt man, stunt woman, surrogate, alternate, replacement 3. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced • Syn: reserve, second-stringer • Hypernyms: athlete, jock • Hyponyms: bench warmer, pinch hitter • Member Holonyms: bench
1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items (Freq. 13) - 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 • Syn: replace, interchange, exchange • Derivationally related forms: replacement (for: replace), substitution • Hypernyms: change, alter, modify • Hyponyms: shift, reduce, truncate, retool, subrogate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s something PP - Somebody ----s something with something 2. be a substitute (Freq. 5) - The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague - The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet • Syn: sub, stand in, fill in • Derivationally related forms: fill-in (for: fill in), stand-in (for: stand in), subbing (for: sub), substitution, substituting • Hypernyms: exchange, change, interchange • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP 3. act as a substitute - She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold • Syn: deputize, deputise, step in • Derivationally related forms: deputy (for: deputise), deputy (for: deputize), substituting • Hypernyms: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede • Hyponyms: cover • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody
1. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team - a utility infielder • Syn: utility • Similar to: secondary 2. artificial and inferior - ersatz coffee - substitute coffee • Syn: ersatz • Similar to: artificial, unreal 3. serving or used in place of another - an alternative plan • Syn: alternate, alternative • Similar to: secondary • Derivationally related forms: alternate (for: alternate)
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