substituted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
    interchange; exchange; substitute; replace.
    • the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
    • substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
    • synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
  2. verb be a substitute
    fill in; stand in; sub; substitute.
    • The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
    • The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
  3. verb act as a substitute
    step in; deputize; substitute; deputise.
    • She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold

WordNet

Sub"stit"uted adjective
Definitions
  1. Exchanged; put in the place of another.
  2. (Chem.) Containing substitutions or replacements; having been subjected to the process of substitution, or having some of its parts replaced; as, alcohol is a substituted water; methyl amine is a substituted ammonia.

Webster 1913