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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun substitution has 2 senses
- substitution(n = noun.event) permutation, replacement, switch, transposition - an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" is a kind of fluctuation, variation
- substitution(n = noun.act) commutation, exchange - the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:; "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" is a kind of change
Derived forms verb substitute1, verb substitute2
has particulars: replacement, replacing, subrogation, ablactation, weaning
Derived form verb substitute1
CIDE DICTIONARY
substitution, n. [L. substitutio: cf. F. substitution.].
- The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being substituted for another. [1913 Webster]
- The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him. Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory. [1913 Webster]
- The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
substitution
agent, alienation, alternate, alternative, amends, analogy, atonement, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, backup, balancing, blame-shifting, change, changeling, changing, commutation, comparison, compensation, copy, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterfeit, decompensation, defense mechanism, deputy, dereism, dereistic thinking, displacement, dissociation, double, dummy, emotional insulation, equal, equivalent, ersatz, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, exchange, expiation, fake, fantasizing, fantasy, fill-in, flight, ghost, ghostwriter, imitation, indemnification, indemnity, interchange, interchanging, isolation, lex talionis, locum tenens, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, negativism, next best thing, offsetting, overcompensation, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, projection, proxy, psychotaxis, rationalization, recompense, rectification, redress, relief, reparation, repayment, replacement, replacing, representative, reserves, resistance, restitution, retaliation, revenge, ringer, satisfaction, second string, secondary, sign, sociological adjustive reactions, spares, stand-in, sub, sublimation, substituent, substitute, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, supplanting, surrogate, swap, swapping, switch, switching, symbol, synecdoche, third string, token, understudy, utility player, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawalROGET THESAURUS
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Transfer
N transfer, conveyance, assignment, alienation, abalienation, demise, limitation, conveyancing, transmission, enfeoffment, bargain and sale, lease and release, exchange, barter, substitution, succession, reversion, shifting use, shifting trust, devolution, alienable, negotiable, estate coming into possession.Substitution
N substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.
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