substitute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To use in place of something else, with the same function.
To use X in place of Y.
To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

noun

A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
A substitute teacher.
A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
Abbreviation of substitute good.

Pronunciation

/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/ /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tjuːt/ /ˈsʌb.stɪ.tut/ en-us-substitute.ogg /ˈsɐbstɪtjʉːt/ /ˈsɐbstɪt͡ʃʉːt/ /ˈsɐbstətjʉːt/ /ˈsɐbstət͡ʃʉːt/

Word forms

substitute substitutes substituting substituted

Etymology

From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”).

Synonyms

swap exchange fill-in ghost proxy replacement stand-in substitute surrogate substituend

Antonyms

substituend substituendum

Related words

alternative changeling standby counterpart decoy

Derived words

bisubstituted bustitute chlorosubstituted cryosubstituted disubstituted heterosubstituted homosubstituted intersubstitute monosubstituted multisubstituted nonsubstituted pentasubstituted persubstituted polysubstituted resubstitute substitutability substitutable substitutee substituter substitutingly substitutive substitutor tetrasubstituted trisubstituted unsubstituted milk substitute salt substitute service as a software substitute sheriff-substitute substitute teacher sugar substitute

Translations

Arabic: اِسْتَبْدَلَ Azerbaijani: əvəz etmək Bulgarian: заме́ствам Catalan: substituir Chinese Cantonese: 代替 Chinese Mandarin: 代替 Chinese Mandarin: 替代 Chinese Mandarin: 替 Czech: nahradit Danish: erstatte Danish: substituere Dutch: vervangen Dutch: substitueren Esperanto: anstataŭigi Finnish: korvata French: mettre en place de French: remplacer French: substituer Galician: substituír German: ersetzen Greek: υποκαθιστώ Greek: αντικαθιστώ Greek: αναπληρώνω Ancient Greek: ἀνθυπαλλάσσω Hebrew: הֵמִיר Hungarian: helyettesít Hungarian: használ helyette Ido: substitucar Italian: sostituire Japanese: 替える Japanese: 代える Japanese: 替わる Japanese: 代用する Korean: 대용하다 Latin: substituō Māori: whakakapi Māori: rīwhi Polish: podstawiać Polish: zamienić Polish: zastąpić Portuguese: substituir Romanian: înlocui Romanian: substitui Russian: заменя́ть Russian: замени́ть Russian: замеща́ть Russian: замести́ть Serbo-Croatian: надоместити Serbo-Croatian: заменити Serbo-Croatian: nadomjestiti Serbo-Croatian: zamijeniti Serbo-Croatian: supstituirati Spanish: sustituir Spanish: substituir Swedish: ersätta Swedish: substituera Ottoman Turkish: تعویض ایتمك Ukrainian: заміня́ти Welsh: amnewid

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