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SUBSTITUTABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does substitutable mean?
• SUBSTITUTABLE (adjective)
The adjective SUBSTITUTABLE has 2 senses:
1. (of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression
2. capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent
Familiarity information: SUBSTITUTABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of words) interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression
Similar:
synonymous ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent
Synonyms:
commutable; substitutable
Similar:
exchangeable (suitable to be exchanged)
Derivation:
substitutability (exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable)
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