substitute

Definition

Examples

You can use margarine as a substitute for butter in this recipe.

Word Family

Synonyms

• replacementthe act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
• alternatesomeone who takes the place of another person
• replacesubstitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

Collocations

• Easy sugar substitute
  to sugar substitute, meaning to sweeten with sugar
• Medium find a substitute teacher for the class
  to find a substitute teacher for the class, meaning to come upon, as if by accident; meet with
• Hard generic substitute for patented pharmaceuticals
  describing generic substitute for patented pharmaceuticals (a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape)
• Very Hard there is no substitute for hard work
  describing there is no substitute for hard work (a location other than here; that place)