SUBSTITUTE

• (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

  synonyms : replacement

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : backup , backup man , fill-in , relief , reliever , stand-in

• (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

  synonyms : reserve , second-stringer

• (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

  "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

• (verb) be a substitute

  "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

• (verb) act as a substitute

  "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

  synonyms : deputise , deputize , step in

• (adj.) artificial and inferior

  "ersatz coffee", "substitute coffee"

  synonyms : ersatz

• (adj.) serving or used in place of another

  "an alternative plan"

  synonyms : alternate , alternative

• (adj.) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

  "a utility infielder"

  synonyms : utility

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