Thesaurus: substitute

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1. n. 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. n. a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
3. n. To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
4. adj. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
5. adj. serving or used in place of another
6. adj. artificial and inferior
7. n. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
8. n. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
9. n. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
10. v. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
11. v. be a substitute
12. v. act as a substitute