Substitute - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 26/07/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Substitute.

8 letter answer(s) to substitute

ALTEREGO
EXCHANGE
  1. (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange"
  2. (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"
  3. (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"
  4. a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"
  5. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
  6. a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
  7. change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
  8. chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
  9. exchange a penalty for a less severe one
  10. exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into p

11 letter answer(s) to substitute

BENCHWARMER
  1. Substitute in football who rarely gets on the pitch
REPLACEMENT
  1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
  2. a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"
  3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
  4. filling again by supplying what has been used up
  5. someone who takes the place of another person
  6. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"

6 letter answer(s) to substitute

ERSATZ
  1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  2. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
  3. Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory
FILLIN

5 letter answer(s) to substitute

PROXY
  1. a person authorized to act for another
  2. a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting
SCRUB
  1. (of domestic animals) not selectively bred
  2. clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
  3. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
  4. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
  5. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
  6. wash thoroughly; "surgeons must scrub prior to an operation"

7 letter answer(s) to substitute

STANDIN

9 letter answer(s) to substitute

SURROGATE
  1. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
  2. providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties; "foster parent"; "foster child"; "foster home"; "surrogate father"
  3. someone who takes the place of another person

4 letter answer(s) to substitute

SWAP
  1. an equal exchange; "we had no money so we had to live by barter"
  2. exchange or give (something) in exchange for
  3. move (a piece of a program) into memory, in computer science

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Substitute'

"Get a clue!"
A different you
Abandon vessel that may sink around Costa Rica
After some hesitation, placed high-scoring Scrabble tile as substitute
Agent
Agent certain to carry round gun after end of war
Agent in favour of facing unknowns
Altercation
An officer before journey sees close friend
Appointed representative
Area of dense vegetation
Artificial
Artificial and inferior
Axe crew found half-cut in warship
Axe stunted trees
Bandy
Barter
Before demise, finally try to make different close friend
Bogus
Bogus bunch of bankers at Zurich
Bogus leading lady once remained unknown
Brief conversation in telecom facility
Bruce Wayne, to Batman
Cancel
Cancel culture initially has a problem linked to Society
Cancel loser
Cancel membership fee after receiving credit
Cancel subscription to protect creditor
Cancel, at Cape Canaveral
Captain Marvel, to Billy
Cash-free transaction
Cashless deal
Change feet over
Change hands after turning around
Change hands over
Change, putting feet up
Change, say, then ring one's closest friend
Clark Kent, for one
Clean bush
Clean by hard rubbing
Clean by rubbing hard
Clean thoroughly
Clean vessel boarded by new leader
Clean with elbow grease
Close friend's misshapen large toe
Commute, hands raised
Complete brief for substitute
Counterfeit
Deal hands face up
Deputy
Deputy of diminished reputation
Deputy taking credit for cleanse
Do a pre-op chore
Do away with
Do away with - undergrowth
Do away with rough vegetation
Doppelg
Double
Drop clean brush
Dump commander's jacket in boat
Exchange
Exchange boggy area after losing a bit of money
Fake
Fake art's sculpted by European unknown
Fake element in trainers at zoo
Fake queen posed with Zulu
Fake selection of pedometers at zero
Fake tears bewilderingly over the end of showbiz
Fake tears spilled on encount­ering impedance
Fight - angel chews box
Former religious figure not entirely accepting church swap
German physicist dismissing source of heat, accepting it as fake
Get a role adapted for second personality
Get real after developing love for Ziggy Stardust?
Get rid of a lot of hospital gear
Get rid of stunted vegetation
Give and take
Give details
Gutted, Edgar was on the bench, perhaps an unknown substitute
Hands over change
Hands over in exchange
He may not get on with ladies' man on the surface, but partner's very forward
Heading off for gender reassignment and a short conversation
Holmes to Conan Doyle, e.
Hyde, to Jekyll
Imitation
Inferior substitute
Intimate friend first to entrust with key therefore to house
Invest and invest, investing reserve
It's a deal
Keepers at zoo looking after cod
Kind of meet
Leading criminal very angry about crime securing time in prison
Let man creep off to get substitute
Like a Rolek watch
Like oleo vis-
London prison almost clean
Meet transaction
Mistake at the hospital?
Mock former queen, seated next to unknown
Mr. Hyde, e.g.
Mr. Hyde, to Dr. Jekyll
Not genuine
Not genuine or real
Not real
Not real or genuine
Occupy one's spare time making punch
One acting on another's behalf
One of the "three faces o
One's secondary personality
Perfect substitute
Person authorised to act for another
Prepare for surgery
Price of one currency in another
Pull a switch
Pull the switch?
Quid pro quo
Reforming Temperance League, at first secured successor
Remove small woody plant when temperature drops
Remove stunted vegetation
Representative
Rogue rats out deputy
Rogue star upset body double
Rough country area that is an uneven place
Rub clean
Rub clean; cancel
Rub hard
Second self
Second self (2 wds.)
Second- or third-string p
Second-stringer
Sham
Shareholder's substitute
Short conversation
Sidekick
Singer entertaining queen, for example, reveals a different side
Something to haggle over
Stare in astonishment at the last replacement
Stockholder's prerogative
Stockholder's vote
Sub
Substitute bankers at Zurich centre
Substitute essentially uninterested took a seat close to Benitez
Substitute fed to tigers at zoo
Substitute for 'taser' may be 'tazer', essentially
Substitute for axes
Substitute fulfilling the role of another
Substitute loading containers at Zeebrugge
Substitute old piece in county briefly
Substitute Queen rested by entrance to zoo
Substitute queen took her place on the throne last
Substitute rat with grouse in a stew
Substitute rejected pads
Substitute some tigers at zoo
Substitute some workers at zoo
Substitute's position - behind referee, almost
Substitute; fake
Swap
Swap over shillings or sixpences, say
Switch
Switch hands back
Synthetic
Tax-free transaction, usu
Telephone office without coins
Temporary replacement
Third-stringer
This for that
Tit for tat ... or tat fo
Tit for tat?
To prepare for operation, U-boat takes on board 50% of ship's company
Tony Clifton, to comic An
Trade
Trade in obsolete coins?
Trusted friend
Trusted friend to change and say nothing
Undergrowth
Unreal
Vigorously clean
Wash very hard
Withdraw credit invested in offshore vehicle
Ziggy Stardust possibly short-changed over advance
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