Synonym: change, exchange, replace, shift, switch. Similar words: destitute, constitute, institution, restitution, constitution, institutional, constitutional, unconstitutional. Meaning: ['sʌbstɪtuːt /-tjuːt] 
n. 1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another 2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced 3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). v. 1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items 2. be a substitute 3. act as a substitute. adj. 1. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team 2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team 3. artificial and inferior.
n. 1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another 2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced 3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). v. 1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items 2. be a substitute 3. act as a substitute. adj. 1. being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team 2. capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team 3. artificial and inferior. 
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151) They substitute character attack and personal diatribe for principled debate and discussion of the issues.
152) Substitute numbers in a simple formula expressed in words One of the examples trialled proved to be easy.
153) Substitute care was seen as supporting parents as well as providing for children's needs, and practical assistance as preserving the family unit.
154) Substitute anxiety in the spectator, he wrote, brought about by nothing other than the apparent lack of anxiety in the image.
155) Substitute collectors for compilers and you have a fair estimate of the situation.
156) The following notes should not, therefore, be relied upon as a substitute for detailed legal advice.
157) They also indicate that, despite this, the courts will often just substitute their own opinion.
158) Both species are being exploited increasingly as a substitute to whale meat.
159) We also showed how the indiscriminate use of praise is a poor substitute for positive and specific feedback.
160) Chelsea had the better chances - and it was an eventful day for substitute David Lee.
161) Try to break the habit of adding salt at the table, if necessary using a low sodium salt substitute.
162) You can substitute lime juice for lemon juice in a recipe.
163) Demmollari took the spot kick, Wright parried and substitute Tlis Shulkai headed over the rebound.
164) This bond requirement is not a substitute for the normal liability insurance carried by freight forwarders.
165) If you can get rice bran, feel free to substitute it.
166) Can you substitute big-money advertising for the lack of a deep organization?
167) When this is not as a substitute for the individual fund balance sheets, the argument about incomprehensibility still applies.
168) This would include a sum, if necessary[sentencedict.com], for any board and lodging provided for the substitute housekeeper.
169) Many easterners see these ideas as a poor substitute for concessions on trade, but welcome them as a step towards membership.
170) Say what you like, but this stale bread they served here was no substitute.
171) An answering service or beeper number is no substitute for a trained network engineer.
172) The contract rarely gives detailed specifications on materials but gives the builder the right to substitute.
173) Substitute sweet potatoes for russets the next time you serve baked potatoes with pork or chicken.
174) To proclaim the need for new ideas has served, in some measure, as a substitute for them.
175) In the closing stages McVie and substitute Paul Gaston had chances for a consolation strike.
176) And now I was heavy into Valium,(www.Sentencedict.com) a substitute for the liquor.
177) In essence I proposed that rather than having public investment we should substitute private investment without any Government guarantee.
178) By all means read some of these but there is no substitute for practising on a live audience.
179) The perfect arterial substitute has not yet been developed.
180) Nursing baby is no substitute for contraception.
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