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'substitute' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'substitute' with 14 example sentences.


substitute adjective

: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

: serving or used in place of another

: artificial and inferior

substitute noun

: 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

: 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.
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