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substitutable

Quick answer

As an adjective, substitutable means capable of being used as a substitute. As a noun, it means something that can be substituted for something else.

Meanings of substitutable

5 meanings

adjective

  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.

  3. (of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression

  4. Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent

    Similar: commutable

noun

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

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: capable of being exchanged for another or for something e…
commutable

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