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substitutable
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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 meaningsadjective
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.”
Capable of being substituted.
(of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression
Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent
Similar: commutable
noun
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).