substitute

Meaning

Verb

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

Noun

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

Opposite of

substituend, substituendum

Synonyms

replace

replacement

deputy

exchange

change

proxy

alternate

representative

surrogate

ersatz

agent

interchange

shift

sub

switch

alternative

take the place of

stand-in

relieve

swap

relief

instead of

sacrifice

attorney

substituting

stand in for

assistant

stand in

substitution

deputise

succeed

rotate

temporary

utility

transfer

fill-in

fill in

take turns

acting

supersede

deputize

supplant

delegate

succedaneum

step in

compensation

stopgap

advocate

commute

reserve

Translations

substituer

remplacer

remplaçant

sustituir

sostituto

Ersatz

substituir

ersetzen

sostituire

sustituto

substituto

vervangen

Stellvertreter

austauschen

substitut

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌbstɪtʃuːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: substituten

In summary

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