Substitute

Verb

 * 1)  To use in place of something else, with the same function.
 * 2)  In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y.
 * 3)  In the phrase "substitute Y with/by X", to use X in place of Y.
 * 4)  To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
 * 5)  To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)

Noun

 * 1) A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
 * 2)  A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

Adjectives for Substitute
improvised; sufficient; acceptable; comprehensive; facile; agreeable; ancient; temporary; satisfactory; reasonable; ingenious occasional; wooden; bloodless; plausible inadequate; appropriate; selective; human solid.

Verbs for Substitute
accept—; accredit—; approve—; authorize—; commend—; commission—; concede to —; consent to—; consider—; create—; delegate—; deprecate—; discard—; employ—; frown upon—; grant—; hail—; indorse—; invest—with; offer—; regard—; reimburse —; reject—; sanction—; weigh—; yield to—; —conforms to; —constitutes; —replaces; —supersedes; —supplants; empower—.

Adverbs for Substitute
successfully; definitely; deftly; slyly; insidiously; ingeniously; plausibly; adequately; appropriately; invidiously.

Thesaurus
additional, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, another, attorney, backup, backup man, bit player, champion, change, change for, changeling, commute, comparison, compound for, copy, counterfeit, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort, displace, double, double for, dub in, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, expediency, expedient, exponent, extra, fake, false, father figure, father image, figurant, figurante, figurehead, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, give place to, imitation, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, make do with, make way for, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, mock, mother figure, mother surrogate, mute, next best thing, offer in exchange, other, paranymph, personnel, phony, pinch, pinch hitter, pinch-hit for, pleader, procurator, provisional, proxy, put up with, recourse, redeem, refuge, relay, relief, relieve, replace, replacement, representative, reserve, reserves, resort, ring in, ringer, second, second in command, second string, secondary, sham, shift with, sign, simulated, spare, spares, spear-carrier, spurious, stand in for, stand-in, standby, stopgap, sub, substituent, substitute for, substitution, succedaneum, supe, super, supernumerary, superseder, supplant, supplanter, supplemental, supplementary, supply, support, supporting actor, supporting cast, surrogate, swap, switch, symbol, synecdoche, take in exchange, temporary, tentative, third string, token, trade, understudy, utility, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general, vicarious, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, walk-on, walking gentleman

Etymology

 * From substitutum, past participle of substituo.

Verb

 * Arabic: استبدل
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 代替, 替代, 替
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: vervangen, substitueren
 * Finnish:, sijaistaa
 * French: mettre en place de, remplacer, substituer
 * German:
 * Greek: υποκαθιστώ,, αναπληρώνω
 * Hungarian:, helyettesít
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (v.tr), 代える(v.tr), 替わる(v.intr), 替わる(v.intr), 代用する


 * Korean: 대용
 * Polish: podstawiać, zamienić, zastąpić
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: înlocui, substitui
 * Russian:, заменить ,  замещать ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: nadomjestiti, zamijeniti,  supstituirati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: vervanger ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , substitut
 * German: (1),  (2)
 * Greek: υποκατάστατος
 * Hungarian: helyettes, pótlék


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: substitut, înlocuitor
 * Serbo-Croatian: nadomjestak, supstitut,  zamjena
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: substitut
 * Telugu: ప్రత్యామ్నాయం (pratyaamnaayam)