Words in english starting with S

• substitute — Noun – English ～ 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"
• substitute — Noun – English ～ an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
• substitute — Noun – English ～ a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
• substitute — Adjective – English ～ serving or used in place of another; "an alternative plan"
• substitute — Adjective – English ～ capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; "a utility infielder"
• substitute — Adjective – English ～ artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
• substitute — Verb – English ～ 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 — Verb – English ～ put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk for fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"
• substitute — Verb – English ～ act as a substitute; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold"
• substituting — Noun – English ～ working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence
• substitution — Noun – English ～ an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
• substitution — Noun – English ～ the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
• substitution class — Noun – English ～ the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
• substrate — Noun – English ～ a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants"
• substrate — Noun – English ～ any stratum or layer lying underneath another
• substrate — Noun – English ～ the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment
• substrate — Noun – English ～ an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"
• substratum — Noun – English ～ an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population; "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"
• substratum — Noun – English ～ a surface on which an organism grows or is attached; "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants"
• substratum — Noun – English ～ any stratum or layer lying underneath another

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