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English adjective: substitute | |||
| 1. | substitute capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team | ||
| Samples | A utility infielder. | ||
| Synonyms | utility | ||
| Similar | secondary | ||
| Antonyms | primary | ||
| 2. | substitute serving or used in place of another | ||
| Samples | An alternative plan. | ||
| Synonyms | alternate, alternative | ||
| Similar | secondary | ||
| Antonyms | primary | ||
| 3. | substitute artificial and inferior | ||
| Samples | Ersatz coffee. Substitute coffee. | ||
| Synonyms | ersatz | ||
| Similar | artificial, unreal | ||
| Antonyms | natural | ||
English noun: substitute | |||
| 1. | substitute (cognition) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | ||
| Synonyms | replacement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | equivalent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ersatz, succedaneum, successor | ||
| 2. | substitute (person) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | ||
| Synonyms | reserve, second-stringer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | athlete, jock | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bench warmer, pinch hitter | ||
| Member meronym | bench | ||
| 3. | substitute (person) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | ||
| Samples | The star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes. We need extra employees for summer fill-ins. | ||
| Synonyms | backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compeer, equal, match, peer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alternate, double, locum, locum tenens, replacement, stunt man, stunt woman, surrogate | ||
English verb: substitute | |||
| 1. | substitute (possession) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | ||
| Samples | 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 | exchange, interchange, replace | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reduce, retool, shift, subrogate, truncate | ||
| 2. | substitute (possession) be a substitute | ||
| Samples | The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague. The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet. | ||
| Synonyms | fill in, stand in, sub | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change, exchange, interchange | ||
| 3. | substitute (social) act as a substitute | ||
| Samples | She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold. | ||
| Synonyms | deputise, deputize, step in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cover | ||
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