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substitutable

substitutable adjective: capable of being used as a substitute; valid as a replacement or alternate item.

Adjective

substitutable (comparative more substitutable, superlative most substitutable)

  1. Capable of being used as a substitute; valid as a replacement or alternate item.
    • Stevia is not substitutable for sugar in baking: the recipes won't work; they taste terrible.
  2. Capable of being substituted.

Noun

substitutable (plural substitutables)

  1. Something that can be substituted for something else; a viable replacement.

Antonyms of substitutable

Forms of substitutable

Adjective
comparativemore substitutable
superlativemost substitutable
Noun
pluralsubstitutables

Origin of substitutable

From substitute + -able.

Words formed from substitutable

Questions about substitutable

What does substitutable mean?
Substitutable means capable of being used as a substitute; valid as a replacement or alternate item.
What part of speech is substitutable?
Substitutable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near substitutable in the dictionary

  1. substituendum
  2. substituent
  3. substituents
  4. substitutabilities
  5. substitutability
  6. substitutable
  7. substitutables
  8. substitutably
  9. substitute
  10. substitute good
  11. substitute goods

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