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(adj) ersatz
artificial and inferior
ersatz coffee; substitute coffee
(adj) alternate, alternative
serving or used in place of another
an alternative plan
(adj) utility
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
a utility infielder
(noun) replacement
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
(noun) stand-in, 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
(noun) reserve, second-stringer
an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
(verb) exchange, replace, interchange
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
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
(verb) deputise, deputize, step in
act as a substitute
She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold