Overview of noun substituting

The noun substituting has 1 sense

• subbing, substituting -- (working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence)

Overview of verb substitute

The verb substitute has 3 senses

• substitute, replace, interchange, exchange -- (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")


• substitute, sub, stand in, fill in -- (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")


• substitute, deputize, deputise, step in -- (act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold")