substitute

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As far as I know, there's no substitute for real industry experience.

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Quick take

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of substitute gathered in one view.

noun

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

noun

an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for substitute.

noun

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

noun

an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

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"

See also: stand-in, relief, reliever, backup, fill-in

verb

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

See also: replace, interchange, exchange

verb

be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

verb

act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"

adjective

capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"

adjective

serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"

adjective

artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

Example sentences

As far as I know, there's no substitute for real industry experience.

Most importantly: what are the substitutes to this photo and how much do they cost?

Persistence can substitute for smarts and he walked away with Masters from a top uni.

It's also extremely common for people to offer meditation as a substitute.

None of them wanted to read this pile of crap but again persistence can substitute for quality and he eventually got some nice references and quotes.

Certainly, it shouldn't be a substitute for technical ability, but it can be a very significant complimentary attribute.

What else can you configure "so easily" I wonder?Then you get into how they are hacking CSS and iframes into the email body, to substitute for Javascript, and actually create a workable user interface.

You don't have to Flowers for Algernon your own productivity just because other folks working in the same firm, in the same industry, in the same country, whatever haven't caught on that computers are eating the world yet. There's nothing unethical about earning the lion's share of the bonus pool assuming the human-assisted script is, indeed, an acceptable substitute for elbow grease.

It's often portrayed as an oppression brought in by deceptive, aggressive Boss Men; but I also think people willingly participate because it's a way to substitute mediocre/subordinate social acceptance for the much more intermittent reward/thrill of genuine work.