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Another word for substitute

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.

To exchange
interchange, change, replace; see exchange 1.
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*.

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Another word for substitute

noun

One that takes the place of another:

alternate, replacement, stand-in, surrogate. (Informal) fill-in, pinch hitter, sub. See substitute

verb

To give up in return for something else:
change, commute, exchange, interchange, shift, switch, trade. (Informal) swap. See change, substitute
To act as a substitute:
fill in, stand in, supply. (Informal) pinch-hit, sub. See substitute

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I was positive all she did was substitute a different one for each letter in the alphabet.
These nuts, as far as they went, were a good substitute for bread.
The leaves of a closely allied plant, Empleurum serratulum, are employed as a substitute or adulterant for buchu.
In the 13th century it became necessary for the legists to codify, as it were, the unwritten law, because the upheavals of the times necessitated the fixing of some rules in writing, and especially because it was necessary to oppose a definite custom of the kingdom to Frederick II., who sought, as king of Jerusalem, to take advantage of the want of a written law, to substitute his own conceptions of law in the teeth of the high court.
When a people migrate they may take with them their god, and if they conceive him to be a spiritual being who cannot be represented by an image, they may desire a symbolical expression of or, rather, a substitute for his presence.

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