Substitute - definition of substitute by The Free Dictionary substitute - 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 can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
SUBSTITUTE definition in American English | Collins English . . . A substitute is something that you have or use instead of something else She is seeking a substitute for the very person whose departure made her cry Synonyms: replacement , reserve , equivalent , surrogate More Synonyms of substitute
substitute - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to put (a person or thing) in the place of another:[~ + object + for + object] We substituted fish for meat several times a week to act as a substitute:[no object] substituting when the regular teachers were sick of or relating to a substitute or substitutes: a substitute teacher
SUBSTITUTE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com What does substitute mean? A substitute is someone or something that takes the place of another person or thing As a verb, to substitute means to make such a switch