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sub·sti·tute (sub′stə to̵̅o̅t′, -tyo̵̅o̅t′)

noun

  1. a person or thing serving or used in place of another
  2. Gram. any word or word group, as a pronoun, the verb to do, etc., used in place of another word or words (Ex.: did for shouted in “she shouted and he did, too”)

Etymology: ME < L substitutus, pp. of substituere, to put instead of < sub-, under + statuere, to put, place: see statue

transitive verb -·tut′ed, -·tut′·ing

  1. to put or use in place of another
  2. Now Rare to take the place of
  3. Chem. to replace as a substituent

intransitive verb

to act or serve in place of another: often with for

adjective

being a substitute or substitutes

substitute Related Forms
sub′·sti·tut′·able adjective
substitute Synonyms

substitute

n.

deputy, double, ghost writer, dummy, relief, fill-in, stand-in, understudy, proxy, alternate, surrogate, backup, replacement, ringer*, ghost*, sub*, pinch-hitter*; see also agent 1, assistant, delegate.

substitute Synonyms

substitute

v.

  1. To exchange

    interchange, change, replace; see exchange 1.

  2. To take the place of

    act for, do the work of, replace, supplant, displace, supercede, take another's place, double for, answer for, make way for, count for, serve in one's stead, pass for, go for, go as, step up, fill another's position, take over another's duties, fill in for, pinch-hit for*, take the rap for*, sub for*, spell*, go to bat for*, ring in*, front for*, fill someone's shoes*.

substitute Usage Examples

Object

  • word: On one of the forms Mr Alexander crossed out the word " solicitor " and substituted the word " representative " .

Preposition: at

  • half-time: Simon Walton played the first 45 minutes but was substituted at half-time.

Adjective modifier

  • unused: The third Charlton player in England's squad, defender Casey Stoney, was an unused substitute.
  • opiate: Methadone is an opiate substitute and is synthesized from the raw materials found in the opium poppy.
  • emollient: Therefore, soaps should be replaced by emollient soap substitutes, which cleanse, moisturize and help heal the skin.
  • acceptable: As kosher food is an acceptable substitute for halal meat, many of the usual arguments over food at the wedding reception were bypassed.
  • adequate: Even retailers with national coverage did not feel that regional wholesalers were an adequate substitute for the co-ordinated service offered by a national provider.

Modifies a noun

  • tanf: Created substitute tanf the first model credit plan for he or she.
  • goalkeeper: The only ineligible player among the 16 being the substitute goalkeeper Tom Heaton.
  • bench: The best they can hope for is to be on the substitutes bench.
  • medicaid: Created substitute medicaid in companies of serious illnesses and.
  • appearance: In addition, Grace got promoted to the firsts, and Neil made a substitute appearance.
  • keeper: On came substitute keeper 18-year-old debutant Alex Davies with the chance to make himself the hero by saving Reid's spot kick.

Noun used with modifier

  • breastmilk: This is because follow-on formulas are not breastmilk substitutes.
  • turpentine: Pleasant smelling and much safer than white spirit or turpentine substitutes.
  • soap: To combat this problem you should try and minimize your use of soap when washing, and instead use soap substitutes.
  • saliva: Website: Nursing Times Saliva substitute anomalies in formulary Price M. Personal Comment: Extended Formulary Nurse Prescribing another saliva substitute roadblock.
  • heroin: The toxicology tests also showed what had killed him was being given the drug combined with an adult dose of the heroin substitute Subutex.
  • milk: SOYA PRODUCTS For all you vegans out there a comprehensive range of milk substitutes.

Possessives

  • bench: Can you help " Which player has spent the most number of minutes on the substitutes ' bench during World Cup games?
substitute Quotes

Some time ago, in an interview that turned towards the Theatre, I suggested that 'Pubic hair is not an adequate substitute for wit'. My point now is that depending upon shock tactics is easy, whereas writing a good play is difficult.

—Priestley,J(ohn) B(oynton)

Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.War springs from the love and loyalty that should be offered to God being applied to some God substituteöoneofthemostdangerousbeing nationalism.

—Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.

—Douglas, (George) Norman

A good simulation, be it a religious myth or scientific theory, gives us a sense of mastery over experience. To represent something symbolically, as we do when we speak or write, is somehow to capture it, thus making it one's own. But with this appropriation comes the realization that we have denied the immediacy of reality and that in creating a substitute we have but spun another thread in the web of our grand illusion.

—Pagels, Heinz R(udolf)

I think it is something of the same sort of security we should seek in our relationship with God. The most flawless proof of the existence of God isno substitute for it; and if we have that relationship, the most convincing disproof is turned aimlessly aside.If I may say it with reverence, the soul and God laugh together over so odd a conclusion.

—Eddington, SirArthur Stanley

There is no substitute for talent. Industryand all the virtues are of no avail.

—Huxley, Aldous Leonard

In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.

—MacArthur, Douglas

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

—Gallagher, Noel

Shouting isnot a substitute for thinking and reason isnot the subversion but the salvation of freedom.

—Stevenson, Adlai E(wing)

: When you're a kid you use the cards as a substitute for a real experience, and when you're older you use real experience as a substitute for the fantasy.

—Albee, Edward Franklin, III

War alone can carry to the maximum tension all human energies and imprint with the seal of nobility those people who have the courage to confront it; every other test is a mere substitute.

—Mussolini, Benito also called Il Duce [the Leader]