Synonyms for substitution
sub·sti·tu·tion

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1. 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 switch

2. substitution, 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

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, COMMUTATION

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commutation

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1. List of paraphrases for "substitution":

   replacement, surrogate, substitute, alternative, override, replace, replacing, lieu, substituted

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1. Sheila Vakharia:

   This result highlights what many would call the substitution effect : when people substitute one drug for another, according to the substitution effect, people who have become dependent on prescribed opioids and lose convenient access to them may substitute with heroin. However, illicit heroin is often of unknown quality and purity... so it can increase risk of accidental overdose and poisoning.

2. Nick Saban:

   We played the whole game in the same personnel group, so we didn’t get into all this substitution stuff that was a problem for us last year.

3. Peter Drucker:

   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.

4. Sharima Rasanayagam:

   This is a classic case of 'regrettable substitution' in which the replacement chemical is as toxic as the chemical it was replacing, the lack of transparency regarding the identity and safety of the chemicals used as BPA replacements makes it very difficult to assess the overall safety of the alternative.

5. Thomas Brueck:

   To substitute 100 percent of the kerosene use today, we will not do it with algae alone. We need a combination of different technologies to actually enable that substitution.