Substitute | Mean of substitute in English Dictionary

/ˈsʌbstəˌtuːt/

• Noun
• a person or thing that takes the place of someone or something else
1. a fat/sugar/meat substitute
2. Carob is used as a substitute for chocolate.
3. When learning a language, there is no substitute for living among native speakers.
4. Watching the movie is a poor substitute for reading the book.
• a player who takes the place of another player during a game
1. Gonzales came on as a substitute [=replacement] during the second half.
• Verb
• to put or use (someone or something) in place of someone or something else
1. If cream is unavailable, you can substitute milk. [=you can use milk instead of cream]
2. You can sometimes substitute applesauce for vegetable oil in cake recipes.
3. The coach substituted Jones for Smith in the last few minutes of the game.

• to do the job of someone else or serve the function of something else
1. One of our teachers is sick, so we need someone to substitute.
2. She'll be substituting for the regular teacher today.
3. Applesauce can substitute for vegetable oil in this recipe.
• to replace (one person or thing) with another
1. They substituted real candles with electric ones.
2. Real candles were substituted by/with electric ones.
3. (chiefly Brit) Smith was substituted by Jones in the last few minutes of the game.