substitute in Dogri डोगरी
substitute in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
substitute in Hindi हिन्दी
substitute in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
substitute in Kashmiri कॉशुर
substitute in Maithili মৈথিলী
substitute in Marathi मराठी
substitute in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
substitute in Sindhi سنڌي
substitute in English
- substitute⇄adj. put in for or taking the place of another.
Ex. a substitute teacher. - substitute⇄noun 1. a thing used instead of another; person taking the place of another.
Ex. Margarine is a common substitute for butter. A substitute taught us at school today.
(SYN) expedient, alternate.
2. a person who took the place of a draf - substitute⇄substitute, noun, verb, -tuted,-tuting,adjective.
- substitute⇄v.i. 1. to take the place of another; be a substitute.
Ex. The retired teacher substituted for our regular teacher, who was sick.
2. (Chemistry.) to replace one or more equivalents of an element or radical by a like number of equivalents of - substitute⇄v.t. 1. to put in place of another.
Ex. We substituted brown sugar for molasses in these cookies.
2. to cause to take the place of.
Ex. For real wit he is obliged to substitute vivacity (Oliver Goldsmith).
(SYN) replace.