Synonyms of the word

substitute

• v. (transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
• v. (transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.
• v. (transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
• v. (intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).
• n. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
• n. (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually…
• n. (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

artificial

• adj. Man-made; of artifice.
• adj. False, misleading.
• adj. Unnatural.

athlete

• n. A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country…
• n. (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
• n. An exceptionally physically fit person.

backup

• n. A reserve or substitute.
• n. (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover…
• n. An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement…
• n. (law enforcement) reinforcements.
• adj. Standby, reserve or extra.
• adj. (computing) That is intended as a backup.
• v. Misspelling of back up.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

compeer

• n. (obsolete) the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone…
• v. To be equal with; to match.

deputise

• v. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deputize.

deputize

• v. To make (someone) a deputy; to officially empower.
• v. To make or name as a substitute.

equal

• adj. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
• adj. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
• adj. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
• adj. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
• adj. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
• adj. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
• v. (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
• v. To be equivalent to; to match.
• v. (informal) To have as its consequence.
• n. A person or thing of equal status to others.
• n. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.

equivalent

• adj. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
• adj. (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence; equinumerous.
• adj. (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
• adj. (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
• adj. (cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
• adj. (geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
• n. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
• n. (chemistry) An equivalent weight.
• v. (transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal.

ersatz

• adj. Made in imitation; artificial, especially of a poor quality.
• n. Something made in imitation; an effigy or substitute.

exchange

• n. An act of exchanging or trading.
• n. A place for conducting trading.
• n. A telephone exchange.
• n. (telephony, US only?) The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before…
• n. A conversation.
• n. (chess) The loss of one piece and associated capture of another.
• n. (obsolete) The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
• n. (biochemistry) The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through…
• v. (transitive) To trade or barter.
• v. (transitive) To replace with, as a substitute.

fill-in

• n. A temporary replacement for another.

interchange

• n. An act of interchanging.
• n. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
• n. (rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at…
• v. (transitive) to switch (each of two things).
• v. (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange.
• v. (intransitive) to swap or change places.
• v. (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary.

jock

• n. (slang, archaic) A common man.
• n. (Britain, slang, pejorative) A Scotsman.
• n. (slang, rare, dated) The penis.
• n. An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports, a jockstrap.
• n. (US, slang) A young male athlete (through college age).
• n. (US, slang, pejorative) An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests…
• n. (US, slang, computing, in combination) A specialist computer programmer.
• v. (slang) to masturbate.
• v. (slang) to humiliate.
• v. (slang) to steal.

match

• n. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet, a baseball game, or a cricket match.
• n. Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
• n. Someone with a measure of an attribute equaling or exceeding the object of comparison.
• n. A marriage.
• n. A candidate for matrimony; one to be gained in marriage.
• n. Suitability.
• n. Equivalence; a state of correspondence.
• n. Equality of conditions in contest or competition.
• n. A pair of items or entities with mutually suitable characteristics.
• n. An agreement or compact.
• n. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly…
• v. (intransitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To agree, to be equal, to correspond to.
• v. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.
• v. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.
• v. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.
• v. To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together; specifically, to furnish with a tongue and groove…
• n. A device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being…

peer

• v. (intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
• v. To come in sight; to appear.
• n. Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal (to that of something else).
• n. Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
• n. A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges…
• n. A comrade; a companion; an associate.
• v. To make equal in rank.
• v. (Internet) To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to…
• n. Someone who pees, someone who urinates.

relief

• n. The removal of stress or discomfort.
• n. The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
• n. The person who takes over a shift for another.
• n. Aid or assistance offered in time of need.
• n. (law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.
• n. A lowering of a tax through special provisions; short for tax relief.
• n. A type of sculpture or other artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background.
• n. The apparent difference in elevation in the surface of a painting or drawing made noticeable by a variation…
• n. The difference of elevations on a surface.
• adj. (of a surface) Characterized by surface inequalities.
• adj. Of or used in letterpress.

reliever

• n. (baseball) A relief pitcher.
• n. Someone who fills in for another.

replace

• v. (transitive) To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
• v. (transitive) To refund; to repay; to restore.
• v. (transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent for.
• v. (transitive) To take the place of; to supply the want of; to fulfill the end or office of.
• v. (transitive) To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.
• v. (transitive, rare) To place again.
• v. (transitive, rare) To put in a new or different place.

replacement

• n. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
• n. The act of replacing something.

reserve

• n. (behaviour) Restriction.
• n. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
• n. (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
• n. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person…
• n. (calico printing) A resist.
• n. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
• v. To keep back; to retain.
• v. To keep in store for future or special use.
• v. To book in advance; to make a reservation.
• v. (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

second-string

• adj. belonging to the second string of a team.
• adj. substitute or replacement.
• adj. second most important.

second-stringer

• n. A person who plays second string. A person who is kept on a sports team as a backup in case a "first-string"…
• n. A person who is not good enough to be considered proficient but may be useful as a backup.

secondary

• adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
• adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
• adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
• adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
• adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
• adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
• adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
• adj. Of less than primary importance.
• adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
• adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
• adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
• n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
• n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
• n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
• n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
• n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
• n. (astronomy) A satellite.
• n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

stand-in

• n. A person of similar size and shape to an actor that "stands-in" for the actor during the lengthy process…
• n. A substitute.

sub

• n. A submarine.
• n. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
• n. (US, informal) A substitute.
• n. (Britain, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another…
• n. (Britain, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
• n. (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
• n. (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
• n. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from…
• n. (colloquial) A subeditor.
• n. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
• v. (US, informal) To substitute for.
• v. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
• v. (Britain) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
• v. (Britain, slang, transitive) To lend.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
• v. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
• prep. Under.
• v. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
• v. (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

supercede

• v. Misspelling of supersede.

supersede

• v. (transitive) Set (something) aside.
• v. (transitive) Take the place of.
• v. (transitive) Displace in favour of another.
• n. (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.

supplant

• v. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.

unreal

• adj. fake; not real.
• adj. (slang) larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.

utility

• n. The state or condition of being useful; usefulness.
• n. Something that is useful.
• n. (economics) The ability of a commodity to satisfy needs or wants; the satisfaction experienced by the…
• n. (philosophy) Well-being, satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness.
• n. (business, finance) A service provider, such as an electric company or water company; or, the securities…
• n. (computing) A software program designed to perform a single task or a small range of tasks, often to help…
• n. (sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
• adj. Having to do with, or owned by, a service provider.
• adj. Designating of a room in a house or building where mechanical equipment is installed; such as a furnace,…