substitute
1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
replacement
• Derivationally related forms:
replace (for: replacement)
• Hypernyms:
equivalent
• Hyponyms:
ersatz, successor, succedaneum
2. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
• Syn:
stand-in, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in
• Derivationally related forms:
fill in (for: fill-in), relieve (for: reliever), stand in (for: stand-in)
• Hypernyms:
peer, equal, match, compeer
• Hyponyms:
locum tenens, locum, double, stunt man, stunt woman,
surrogate, alternate, replacement
3. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
• Syn:
reserve, second-stringer
• Hypernyms:
athlete, jock
• Hyponyms:
bench warmer, pinch hitter
• Member Holonyms:
bench
1. put in the place of another;
switch seemingly equivalent items (Freq. 13)
- 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
• Syn:
replace, interchange, exchange
• Derivationally related forms:
replacement (for: replace), substitution
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
shift, reduce, truncate, retool, subrogate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. be a substitute (Freq. 5)
- The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
- The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
• Syn:
sub, stand in, fill in
• Derivationally related forms:
fill-in (for: fill in), stand-in (for: stand in), subbing (for: sub), substitution, substituting
• Hypernyms:
exchange, change, interchange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. act as a substitute
- She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
• Syn:
deputize, deputise, step in
• Derivationally related forms:
deputy (for: deputise), deputy (for: deputize), substituting
• Hypernyms:
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
• Hyponyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
1. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
- a utility infielder
• Syn:
utility
• Similar to:
secondary
2. artificial and inferior
- ersatz coffee
- substitute coffee
• Syn:
ersatz
• Similar to:
artificial, unreal
3. serving or used in place of another
- an alternative plan
• Syn:
alternate, alternative
• Similar to:
secondary
• Derivationally related forms:
alternate (for: alternate)
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