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substitute Definition
(n)
a
person
or
thing
that
takes
or
can
take
the
place
of
another
(n)
an
athlete
who
plays
only
when
another
member
of
the
team
drops
out
(n)
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
"
(s)
artificial
and
inferior
; "
ersatz
coffee
"; "
substitute
coffee
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
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
"
(v)
act
as
a
substitute
; "
She
stood
in
for
the
soprano
who
suffered
from
a
cold
"
substitute Synonyms
backup
backup man
deputise
deputize
ersatz
fill in
fill-in
relief
reliever
replace
replacement
reserve
stand in
stand-in
step in
sub
substitute
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