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Synonyms for substitution
sub·sti·tu·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
Synonyms:
reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, switch, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, replacement, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switchsubstitution, exchange, commutationnoun
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"
Synonyms:
switch, rally, commutation, exchange, replacement, telephone exchange, transposition, commuting, central, re-sentencing, permutation, interchange
Dictionary of English Synonymes
substitutionnoun
Synonyms:
exchange, COMMUTATION
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
substitutionnoun
Synonyms:
exchange, commutation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "substitution":
replacement, surrogate, substitute, alternative, override, replace, replacing, lieu, substituted
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#686 | central | |
#1050 | exchange | |
#1485 | alternative | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2564 | replacement | |
#3368 | replace | |
#3711 | shift | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#6111 | renewal | |
#6223 | switching | |
#6609 | rally | |
#8937 | replacing | |
#11441 | substitution | |
#12778 | interchange | |
#12997 | successor | |
#13052 | lieu | |
#13752 | substituted | |
#13782 | override | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#23091 | commuting | |
#25626 | surrogate | |
#32657 | permutation | |
#41654 | replenishment | |
#42525 | transposition | |
#44635 | refilling | |
#58039 | commutation |
How to use substitution in a sentence?
It is like a moral substitution because (those things) are still on your to-do list.
Perpetually restless, Thomas Wolfe was “without a home — a vagabond since [he] was seven” and seeking out where he belonged physically (i.e. in Asheville, his home or Harvard) as well as intellectually. This concept that he was indeed without a father led him to gain greater understanding, eventually realizing that his search for a patriarch was not merely a “father in the flesh,” but a substitution for God, a guiding light, and an alluring source of inspiration.
Material substitution is a false solution, it will just shift the impact to the world's forests and agricultural lands.
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. It means the substitution of responsibility for obedience to rank, and of authority of performance for the authority of rank. Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
Peter F. Drucker, People and Performance:
Management" means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folklore and superstition, and of cooperation for force. . .
Translations for substitution
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- الاستبدالArabic
- Substituierung, Substitution, ErsatzGerman
- υποκατάστασηGreek
- جایگزینیPersian
- korvaaminen, tuuraus, korvautuminen, sijaisuus, substituutioFinnish
- réaction de substitution, remplacementFrench
- malartaíochtIrish
- sostituzioneItalian
- 代入, 置換Japanese
- penggantian, substitusi, penukargantianMalay
- подстановка, заменаRussian
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