Meanings
nounsubstitution (countable and uncountable, plural substitutions)
plural substitutions
- countableuncountableThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
In this football tournament, three substitutions can be made during the match.
Synonyms: commutation
- countableuncountableA substitute or replacement.
Gary is off this weekend, so Jeff will be his substitution.
- countableespeciallyuncountablechemistryThe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounan event in which one thing is substituted for another
Broader
nounthe act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinsubstitutio
- Middle Frenchsubstitution
- Englishsubstitution
From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan substitució
- substitucióthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Chinese Mandarin 替代, 代入
- 替代 (tìdài)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- 代入 (dàirù)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Dutch substitutie, substitutie
- substitutiethe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substitutiethe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Esperanto anstataŭigo
- anstataŭigothe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Finnish korvaaminen, tuuraus
- korvaaminenthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- tuurausthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- sijaisuusthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substituutiothe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- korvautuminenthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- substituutioexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
French remplacement, réaction de substitution
- remplacementthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- réaction de substitutionthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
German Ersatz, Ersetzen
- Ersatzthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- Ersetzenthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- Substitutionthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- Substituierungthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- Ersetzungexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
- lexikalische Ersetzungexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
- Substitutionexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
Indonesian substitusi
- substitusithe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Irish malartaíocht
- malartaíochtthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Italian sostituzione
- sostituzionethe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Japanese 代入, 置換
- 代入 (dainyū)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- 置換 (chikan)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Malay penggantian, substitusi
- penggantianthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substitusithe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- penukargantianthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- substitusithe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Māori kakapinga
- kakapingathe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Norwegian Bokmål substitusjon, substitusjon
- substitusjonthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substitusjonthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Portuguese substituição, substituição
- substituiçãothe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substituiçãothe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Russian заме́на, подстано́вка
- заме́на (zaména)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- подстано́вка (podstanóvka)the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Spanish sustitución, cambio
- sustituciónthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- cambiothe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
Swedish substitution, utbyte
- substitutionthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- utbytethe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- ersättningthe act of substituting or the state of being substituted
- substitutionthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
- utbyteexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
- substitutionexpansion of the lexicon by native means in correspondence to a foreign term
Tagalog paghuhulip
- paghuhulipthe replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with substitution
solutiondistributionresolutionevolutioninstitutionexecutioncontributionconstitutionrevolutionpollutionprosecutionattributionpersecutiondissolutionprostitutiondilutionrestitutionretributionBelarusianconvolutionAleutianLuciandiminutionabsolution
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
substitution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitution
MLA
“substitution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitution. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substitution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitution.
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