Meanings
nounsubstatute (plural substatutes)
plural substatutes
- A secondary or lesser statute.
But those were substatutes of Ms. Hyams’s code for apartment life, which mostly celebrated and mandated intrabuilding socializing. Ms. Hyams, the doting owner of a gray poodle (“she wore it like a brooch,” said one neighbor), organized pet play dates on her floor.
2008 June 23, Susan Dominus, “Uniting Neighbors, in Fun and Sorrow”, in New York Times
Origin
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APA
substatute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substatute
MLA
“substatute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substatute. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substatute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substatute.
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