substitution

Word Type

n.

substitution Meaning Definition

The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, 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.

Synonyms for substitution

agent,alienation,alternate,alternative,amends,analogy,atonement,autism,autistic thinking,avoidance mechanism,backup,balancing,blame-shifting,change,changeling,changing,commutation,comparison,compensation,copy,counteraction,counterbalancing,counterfeit,decompensation,defense mechanism,deputy,dereism,dereistic thinking,displacement,dissociation,double,dummy,emotional insulation,equal,equivalent,ersatz,escape,escape into fantasy,escape mechanism,escapism,exchange,expiation,fake,fantasizing,fantasy,fill-in,flight,ghost,ghostwriter,imitation,indemnification,indemnity,interchange,interchanging,isolation,lex talionis,locum tenens,makeshift,metaphor,metonymy,negativism,next best thing,offsetting,overcompensation,personnel,phony,pinch hitter,projection,proxy,psychotaxis,rationalization,recompense,rectification,redress,relief,reparation,repayment,replacement,replacing,representative,reserves,resistance,restitution,retaliation,revenge,ringer,satisfaction,second string,secondary,sign,sociological adjustive reactions,spares,stand-in,sub,sublimation,substituent,substitute,succedaneum,superseder,supplanter,supplanting,surrogate,swap,swapping,switch,switching,symbol,synecdoche,third string,token,understudy,utility player,vicar,vice-president,vice-regent,wish-fulfillment fantasy,wishful thinking,withdrawal

Synonym Search Links for substitution

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