- second-string, substitute - being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
- utility, substitute - capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"
Antonym: primary (indirect, via secondary)
- ersatz, substitute - artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
Antonym: natural (indirect, via artificial)
- substitute, replacement - a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
--1 is a kind of equivalent
--1 has particulars: ersatz; successor; succedaneumDerived forms: verb substitute2, verb substitute1 - substitute, reserve - an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
--2 is a kind of athlete, jock
--2 is a member of bench
--2 has particulars: bench warmer; pinch hitterDerived forms: verb substitute3, verb substitute2 - stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in - someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
--3 is a kind of peer, equal, match, compeer
--3 has particulars:locum tenens, locum; double, stunt man, stunt woman; surrogate, alternate, replacement Derived forms: verb substitute3, verb substitute2
- substitute, replace - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
--1 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun substitute1, noun substitution1, noun substitution2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
- substitute, sub, stand in, fill in - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
--2 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun substitute3, noun substitute2, noun substitute1, noun substitution1, noun substituting1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- substitute, deputize, deputise, step in - act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
--3 is one way to supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun substitute2, noun substitute3, noun substituting1
Somebody ----s somebody