Alternativeadjective
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
‘an alternative proposition’;
Substituteverb
(transitive) To use in place of something else, with the same function.
‘I had no shallots so I substituted onion.’;
Alternativeadjective
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Substituteverb
(transitive) In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. With increasing frequency used in the semantically opposite sense (see [http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/193079?isAdvanced=false&result=3&rskey=zYLG08&#eid20118763 the OED's notes]).
‘I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.’;
Alternativeadjective
Other; different from something else.
Substituteverb
(transitive) In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y
‘I had to substitute old parts with the new ones. (This usage was formerly proscribed.)’;
Alternativeadjective
Alternate, reciprocal.
Substituteverb
To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
‘He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes’;
Alternativenoun
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
Substituteverb
(intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
Alternativenoun
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
Substitutenoun
A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
Alternativenoun
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
Substitutenoun
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
Alternativeadjective
Offering a choice of two things.
Substitutenoun
(historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
Alternativeadjective
Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
Substitutenoun
One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else
‘Hast thou not made me here thy substitute?’; ‘Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] . . . wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.’;
Alternativeadjective
Alternate; reciprocal.
Substituteverb
To put in the place of another person or thing; to exchange.
‘Some few verses are inserted or substituted in the room of others.’;
Alternativenoun
An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left.
‘There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence.’;
Substitutenoun
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Alternativenoun
Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are called alternatives.
‘Having to choose between two alternatives, safety and war, you obstinately prefer the worse.’;
Substitutenoun
an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
Alternativenoun
The course of action or the thing offered in place of another.
‘If this demand is refused the alternative is war.’; ‘With no alternative but death.’;
Substitutenoun
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’;
Alternativenoun
A choice between more than two things; one of several things offered to choose among.
‘My decided preference is for the fourth and last of these alternatives.’;
Substituteverb
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’;
Alternativenoun
one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen;
‘what option did I have?’; ‘there no other alternative’; ‘my only choice is to refuse’;
Substituteverb
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’;
Alternativeadjective
allowing a choice;
‘an alternative plan’;
Substituteverb
act as a substitute;
‘She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold’;
Alternativeadjective
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities;
‘`either' and `or' in `either this or that'’;
Substituteadjective
being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
Alternativeadjective
pertaining to unconventional choices;
‘an alternative life style’;
Substituteadjective
capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team;
‘a utility infielder’;
Alternativeadjective
(of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice
‘the various alternative methods for resolving disputes’;
Substituteadjective
artificial and inferior;
‘ersatz coffee’; ‘substitute coffee’;
Alternativeadjective
(of two things) mutually exclusive
‘the facts fit two alternative scenarios’;
Alternativeadjective
relating to activities that depart from or challenge traditional norms
‘an alternative lifestyle’;
Alternativenoun
one of two or more available possibilities
‘audiobooks are an interesting alternative to reading’; ‘she had no alternative but to break the law’;
