substitution
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Types & categories
- variation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- replacement hyponym
- subrogation hyponym
- weaning hyponym
Related & opposite
- switch derivation
- transpose derivation
- commute derivation
- interchange derivation
- exchange derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flip-flop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | switch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | swap |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | variation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | switch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | transpose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | commute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exchange |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | replacement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subrogation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | weaning |