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    sub·sti·tute
    [ˈsəbstəˌto͞ot]
    noun
    substitute (noun) · substitutes (plural noun)
    1. a person or thing acting or serving in place of another:
      "soy milk is used as a substitute for dairy milk"
      • a sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a game has begun.
      • psychology
        a person or thing that becomes the object of love or other emotion deprived of its natural outlet:
        "a father substitute"
    verb
    substitute (verb) · substitutes (third person present) · substituted (past tense) · substituted (past participle) · substituting (present participle)
    1. use or add in place of:
      "dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb"
      • act or serve as a substitute:
        "I found someone to substitute for me"
      • replace (someone or something) with another:
        "customs officers substituted the drugs with another substance" · "this was substituted by a new clause"
      • replace (a sports player) with a substitute during a contest:
        "he was substituted for Nichols in the fifth inning"
      • chemistry
        replace (an atom or group in a molecule, especially a hydrogen atom) with another.
    Origin
    late Middle English (denoting a deputy or delegate): from Latin substitutus ‘put in place of’, past participle of substituere, based on statuere ‘set up’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. a person or thing acting or serving in place of another:
      replacement
      deputy
      relief
      proxy
      reserve
      surrogate
      cover
      fill-in
      stand-in
      standby
      locum
      locum tenens
      understudy
      stopgap
      alternative
      ancillary
      sub
      pinch-hitter
      verb
      1. use or add in place of:
        exchange
        switch
        trade
        swap
        use as a replacement
        replace with
        use instead of
        use as an alternative to
        use in place of
        use in preference to
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