Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Substitution (Change of one thing for another)

Nouns
  • substitution, commutation
  • supplanting etc. v.
  • metaphor, metonymy etc. (figure of speech) Metaphor. [Thing substituted] substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum
  • shift, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat
  • double
  • changeling
  • quid pro quo, alternative. representative etc. (deputy) Deputy
  • palimpsest. price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent.
Verbs
  • substitute, put in the place of, change for
  • make way for, give place to
  • supply the place of, take the place of
  • supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute
  • step into stand in the shoes of
  • jury rig, make a shift with, put up with
  • borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize
  • commute, redeem, compound for.
Adjectives
  • substituted etc.
  • ersatz
  • phony
  • vicarious, subdititious.
Adverbs
  • instead
  • in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of