substitute

sub-sti-tute · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person or thing acting in place of another.

  2. 2.

    [as verb]To use or add in place of.

Forms

plural: substitutes

Related words

Antonyms: original
See also: alternative, replacement, swap
Synonyms: alternative, replacement, stand-in

Etymology

From Latin substitutus, past participle of substituere ("to put in place of"), from sub ("under") + statuere ("to set up").