Definition of Substitute

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Substitute

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

a person who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript or drafted man.

To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.

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Substitute Quotations

In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.
Thomas Jefferson

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
Mark Twain

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Warren Buffett

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore Roosevelt

Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.
Oscar Wilde

When I put some Tabasco on things, and there's really nothing in Tabasco, it's not bad for you in any way, so that's kind of become my substitute. Now you got to get used to a hot mouth, but that's okay.
Mike Ditka

Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
Saint Augustine

There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas A. Edison

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
T. S. Eliot

In war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthur

Substitute Translations

substitute in Afrikaans is vervang
substitute in Dutch is in de plaats stellen van, inboeten
substitute in French is substituons, substituez, substituer, substitut
substitute in German is ersetzen
substitute in Italian is facente funzione
substitute in Latin is suppono subpono
substitute in Portuguese is substituto
substitute in Spanish is sustituir, suplente, vicegerente, sustituto
substitute in Swedish is substitut, surrogat, suppleant, vikarie

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