Synonyms for substitution
sub·sti·tu·tion

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1. substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun

   an event in which one thing is substituted for another

   "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"

   Synonyms:
   reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, switch, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, replacement, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switch

2. substitution, exchange, commutationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   switch, rally, commutation, exchange, replacement, telephone exchange, transposition, commuting, central, re-sentencing, permutation, interchange

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, COMMUTATION

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1. substitutionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exchange, commutation

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1. List of paraphrases for "substitution":

   replacement, surrogate, substitute, alternative, override, replace, replacing, lieu, substituted

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1. Greg Daco:

   That's misguided, the type of imports that we bring in from China and the scale of the imports... make substitution, at least immediate substitution, nearly impossible.

2. Charles Schwab Corp:

   There is no substitution for brand and scale.

3. Thomas Brueck:

   To substitute 100 percent of the kerosene use today, we will not do it with algae alone. We need a combination of different technologies to actually enable that substitution.

4. Jennifer Morgan:

   Material substitution is a false solution, it will just shift the impact to the world's forests and agricultural lands.

5. Charles Lichfield:

   The way they dealt with it in 2014/15, the way they'll deal with it now, is just to take inflation on the chin, enact substitution policies, and use the oil revenue to keep public spending going.