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substitute

English

  1. 🔊 artificial and inferior
    “ersatz coffee”
  2. 🔊 serving or used in place of another
    “an alternative plan”
  3. 🔊 a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
  4. 🔊 an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
  5. 🔊 someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
    “the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes”
  6. 🔊 put in the place of another
    “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”
  7. 🔊 be a substitute
    “The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”
  8. 🔊 act as a substitute
    “She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 subrogante substitute
  2. 🔊 sucedáneo substitute
  3. 🔊 sustituto substitute
  4. 🔊 vicario substitute
  5. 🔊 reemplazar to substitute
  6. 🔊 suplir to substitute
  7. 🔊 subrogante substitute, supply
  8. 🔊 suplente substitute, stand-in
  9. 🔊 sucedáneo substitute, replacement, stand-in
  10. 🔊 suplente substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)

Similar words

replacement stand-in relief reliever backup backup man fill-in reserve second-stringer replace interchange exchange sub stand in fill in deputize deputise step in ersatz alternate alternative additional advocate agent