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substitutable

adj

Etymology

From substitute + -able.

  1. derived from substitutus
  2. inherited from substituten
  3. suffixed as substitutable — “substitute + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of being used as a substitute

    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.

  3. Something that can be substituted for something else

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

The neighborhood

Derived

intersubstitutable, substitutably

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA