substitution

substitution
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Serving in place of another
Nouns
1. substitution, commutation; supplanting, supersedure, supersession, replacement; metonymy (see figurative); interchange; transfer.
2. (substitute object or action) makeshift, pis aller, stopgap, expedient, jury mast, locum tenens; palimpsest; quid pro quo, alternative; backup; [make]shift, apology or excuse for.
3. (substitute person) substitute, understudy, replacement, delegate, deputy, agent; surrogate, alternate, representative; viceroy, viceregent, vicegerent; dummy, scapegoat, whipping boy; double; changeling; supplanter; alternate; backup, understudy, cover, stand-in, pinch-hitter, bench-warmer, ghost writer. Informal, sub. Slang, patsy, ringer, fall guy,
goat.
Verbs
1. substitute, put in the place of, change for; deputize; make way for, give place or way to. Informal, let George do it.
2. substitute or be deputy for; represent; stand for, appear or answer for; fill, step into, or stand in the shoes of, fill in for, do duty for; take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out; rob Peter to pay Paul; baby-sit, house-sit. Informal, pinch-hit. Slang, cover up for; be the goat; ghostwrite.
Adjectives — substitutive, substituted, vicarious, temporary, deputy, acting; vice, viceregal; jury (naut.).
Adverbs — instead; in the place of, on behalf of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in one's shoes or boots, in loco parentis; faute de mieux, by proxy; for want of something better.
Quotations — In war there is no substitute for victory (General Douglas MacArthur), There is no substitute for hard work (Thomas Alva Edison), Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life (Robert Louis Stevenson), Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few (G. B. Shaw), Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves (Eric Hoffer), The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances, and demonstration for impressions (John Ruskin).
Antonyms, see identity.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. replacement, change, swap; see exchange 3 .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun The act of exchanging or substituting: change, commutation, exchange, interchange, shift, switch, trade, transposition. Informal: swap. See CHANGE, SUBSTITUTE.

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