substitute

substitute is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else
2. noun. a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
3. noun. To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
4. noun. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

   Synonyms: replacement

5. 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, relief, reliever

6. noun. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

   Synonyms: reserve

7. 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: exchange, interchange, replace

8. 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: sub

9. verb. act as a substitute

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

   Synonyms: deputise, deputize

10. adjective. artificial and inferior

    "ersatz coffee"

    "substitute coffee"

    Synonyms: ersatz

11. adjective. serving or used in place of another

    "an alternative plan"

    Synonyms: alternate, alternative

12. adjective. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

    "a utility infielder"

    Synonyms: utility

Synonyms

replacement, backup, relief, reliever, reserve, exchange, interchange, replace, sub, deputise, deputize, ersatz, alternate, alternative, utility

Common word forms

substituted, substituter, substitutes, substituting

Words from these letters

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