substitute
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Types & categories
- equivalent hypernym
- ersatz hyponym
- successor hyponym
- succedaneum hyponym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- interchange derivation
- sub derivation
- supplant derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 2 verb
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- substitution derivation
- replacement derivation
- substitute derivation
- substitution derivation
Sense 3 noun
an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
Types & categories
- jock hypernym
- bench warmer hyponym
- pinch hitter hyponym
Parts & wholes
- bench member holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be a substitute
The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
Types & categories
- exchange hypernym
Related & opposite
- subbing derivation
- substitute derivation
- substitution derivation
- reliever derivation
- second-stringer derivation
Sense 5 adjective
serving or used in place of another
an alternative plan
Related & opposite
- substitute derivation
- reliever derivation
- surrogate derivation
- secondary similar to
Sense 6 noun
someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
Types & categories
- peer hypernym
- locum tenens hyponym
- stunt man hyponym
- surrogate hyponym
Related & opposite
- sub derivation
- deputize derivation
- relieve derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 7 verb
act as a substitute
She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 adjective
artificial and inferior
ersatz coffee
Related & opposite
- artificial similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | equivalent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ersatz |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | successor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | succedaneum |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | replacement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shift |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | truncate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retool |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subrogate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deputize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilitya |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | bench |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | jock |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bench warmer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinch hitter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | subbing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliever |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | second-stringer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | exchange |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliever |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | secondary |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | deputize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | relieve |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | peer |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | locum tenens |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stunt man |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | surrogate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | subbing |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | deputy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | deputy |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | reliever |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | second-stringer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | supplant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | artificial |