Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: substitute
IPA transcription: [s'ʌbstət,ut]
Pronunciations of substitute
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: substitute, replacement
    Meaning: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
    Meaning: 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"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
  • Synonyms: substitute, sub, stand_in, fill_in
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • A SUBSTITUTE.
  • THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SALOON
  • The press is no substitute for institutions.
  • "They will substitute music for drugs, that is all.
  • "Well, suppose you were to alter a signal, and substitute another?"
  • But as I failed to get him, I believe you would make a splendid substitute.
  • What a charming substitute for the crabbed old housekeeper who had just left us!
  • Once they missed it nothing else would do; there was no conceivable substitute for that success.
  • Nor will the reflective experience be different in kind if we substitute distance in time for separation in space.
  • In neither case, be it observed, was any attempt made to substitute another and purer religion for the popular one.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Kid Cudi, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording IBM WebSphere MQ, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Russell's teapot, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bob Ferguson (infielder), License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hogettes, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cheese, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Daylight saving time, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fork, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording BDSM, License CC BY-SA 4.0