Words Like SUBSTITUTION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SUBSTITUTION.

11 Alternative Words Similar to substitution

1 Replacement Noun      Synonym Words Like Replacement
2 Switch Noun      Synonym Words Like Switch
3 Exchange Noun      Synonym Words Like Exchange
4 Commutation Noun      Synonym Words Like Commutation
5 Change Noun      Synonym Words Like Change
6 Fluctuation Noun      Synonym Words Like Fluctuation
7 Variation Noun      Synonym Words Like Variation
8 Metathesis Noun      Synonym Words Like Metathesis
9 Ablactation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Ablactation
10 Weaning Noun      Hyponym Words Like Weaning
11 Subrogation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Subrogation

1 examples of substitution

1 the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.

10 definitions of substitution

1 The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another
2 The state of being substituted for another.
3 The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.
4 The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.
5 The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.
6 The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.
7 the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
8 an event in which one thing is substituted for another
9 The act or an instance of substituting.
10 The state of being substituted.
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