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Textual thesaurus for "sub"

(noun) submarine, U-boat, pigboat

a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes


(noun) poor boy, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, wedge, zep, bomber, Italian sandwich

a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States


(verb) substitute, fill in, stand 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