'substitute' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'substitute' with 14 example sentences.
- substitute adjective
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: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
: serving or used in place of another
: artificial and inferior
- substitute noun
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: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
: an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
: someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- substitute verb
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: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
: be a substitute
: act as a substitute
It will be hard to find a substitute for her.
She substituted butter with margarine.
I don't like the substitute teacher.
Tofu can be used as a substitute for meat.
There's no substitute for experience.
Soy milk is a great substitute for milk.
There's no substitute for hard work.
He substituted for his father.
The teacher who substituted for professor Rosa is from Argentina.
There is no substitute for this.
It is impossible to substitute machines for people.
This fluid can be substituted for glue.
I substituted flour for oatmeal.
You cannot substitute money for health.