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(verb) put in the place of another |
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Synonyms: replace |
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Related Words: change, exchange, interchange, reduce, retool, shift, truncate |
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(verb) be a substitute |
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Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
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Related Words: change, exchange, interchange |
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(verb) act as a substitute for |
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Synonyms: deputize, stand in, step in |
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Related Words: cover, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant |
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(noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
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Synonyms: replacement |
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Related Words: equivalent, successor |
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(noun) an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out |
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Synonyms: reserve |
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Related Words: athlete, bench warmer, jock, pinch hitter |
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(satellite adjective) being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team |
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Synonyms: second-string |
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(satellite adjective) capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder" |
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Synonyms: utility |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, stand-in |
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Related Words: alternate, compeer, double, equal, locum, locum tenens, match, peer, replacement, stunt man, stunt woman, surrogate |
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(satellite adjective) artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "coffee substitute" |
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Synonyms: ersatz, imitation |
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