Word Type

Verb

Noun

Adjective

The word "substitute" can be used as verb, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

bisubstituted chlorosubstituted cryosubstituted disubstituted heterosubstituted homosubstituted milk substitute monosubstituted multisubstituted nonsubstituted pentasubstituted persubstituted polysubstituted salt substitute service as a software substitute sheriff-substitute substitute teacher sugar substitute tetrasubstituted trisubstituted unsubstituted

Distinct From

regular

Context

historical sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

alter athlete change compeer equal equivalent exchange interchange jock match modify peer replace supersede supervene upon supplant

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

alternate backup bench-warmer body double deputy double dummy ghost band ghost singer ghost writer makeshift margarine non-union Mexican equivalent reserve soy milk spare stunt double stuntman stuntwoman sweetener tofu understudy

Type Of (IsA)

athlete equivalent television episode

Manner Of

change exchange supplant

Related Terms

alternative changeling counterpart decoy standby

Related Terms

absent abused change conscript day enlist football instead instead of military new new player out place place of player replace replacement replacement teacher school school sub service sick sick day stand in sub switching switching out teacher when when absent

Similar Terms

artificial artificial secondary secondary unreal

Synonym Network

alternative exchange stand in surrogate

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.