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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, noun [L. substitutus, p. p. of substituere to put under, put in the place of; sub under + statuere to put, place: cf. F. substitut. See {Statute}.] One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else; specifically (Mil.), a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.
Hast thou not made me here thy substitute? --Milton.
Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol. --De Quincey.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substitute \Sub"stit"ute\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Substituted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Substituting}.] [See {Substitute}, noun] To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others. --Congreve.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
substitute
adjective
1: being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team [syn: {second-string}, {substitute(a)}]
2: capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" [syn: {utility(a)}, {substitute(a)}]
3: artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee" [syn: {ersatz}]
noun
1: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another [syn: {replacement}]
2: an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out [syn: {reserve}]
3: 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" [syn: {stand-in}, {relief}, {reliever}, {backup}, {backup man}, {fill-in}]
verb
1: 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" [syn: {replace}]
2: 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" [syn: {sub}, {stand in}, {fill in}]
3: act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" [syn: {deputize}, {deputise}, {step in}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
148 Moby Thesaurus words for "substitute": additional, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, another, attorney, backup, backup man, bit player, champion, change, change for, changeling, commute, comparison, compound for, copy, counterfeit, delegate, deputy, dernier ressort, displace, double, double for, dub in, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, executive officer, expediency, expedient, exponent, extra, fake, false, father figure, father image, figurant, figurante, figurehead, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, give place to, imitation, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, make do with, make way for, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, mock, mother figure, mother surrogate, mute, next best thing, offer in exchange, other, paranymph, personnel, phony, pinch, pinch hitter, pinch-hit for, pleader, procurator, provisional, proxy, put up with, recourse, redeem, refuge, relay, relief, relieve, replace, replacement, representative, reserve, reserves, resort, ring in, ringer, second, second in command, second string, secondary, sham, shift with, sign, simulated, spare, spares, spear-carrier, spurious, stand in for, stand-in, standby, stopgap, sub, substituent, substitute for, substitution, succedaneum, supe, super, supernumerary, superseder, supplant, supplanter, supplemental, supplementary, supply, support, supporting actor, supporting cast, surrogate, swap, switch, symbol, synecdoche, take in exchange, temporary, tentative, third string, token, trade, understudy, utility, utility man, utility player, vicar, vicar general, vicarious, vice, vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, walk-on, walking gentleman
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Substitute (SUB) {ASCII} character 26. [Why?] (1996-06-28)
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