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super-sub

super-sub is the alternative form of supersub.

Meaning of supersub

Noun

supersub (plural supersubs)

  1. A substitute player who significantly contributes to a team's success.
    • GOAL! Nmecha pings a pass into the feet of Undav with his back to goal, he takes a touch, spins and whacks his shot into the corner. What a supersub!2026 June 20, Will Unwin, “Germany 2-1 Côte d’Ivoire: World Cup 2026 – as it happened”, in the Guardian, →ISSN
  2. In non-standard cricketing rules, a substitute player who is able to come on and replace any player at any point during the game, and to take over the other player's batting and bowling duties.
  3. A particularly well-equipped and powerful submarine (underwater vehicle).

Forms of super-sub

pluralsuper-subs

Questions about super-sub

What is super-sub the alternative form of?
Super-sub is the alternative form of supersub.

Words near super-sub in the dictionary

  1. super-sleepers
  2. super-spatial
  3. super-spreader
  4. super-spreaders
  5. super-straight
  6. super-sub
  7. super-subs
  8. super-superlative
  9. super-superlatively
  10. super-superlativeness
  11. super-superlatives

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Adapted from Wiktionary: super-sub (page history and authors); supersub (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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