substituting

Definitions

The act of putting one person or thing in the place of another.

Serving as a replacement or surrogate for something else.

Examples

She is substituting butter with applesauce in the cake recipe to make it healthier.

The coach decided on substituting the tired forward with a fresh player in the final minutes of the game.

By substituting expensive materials for cheaper alternatives, the company managed to reduce production costs significantly.

Synonyms

replacing exchanging swapping trading switching supplanting superseding

Antonyms

keeping retaining maintaining preserving holding continuing conserving