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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 expressionplay

2. capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalentplay

  Familiarity information: SUBSTITUTABLE used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBSTITUTABLE (adjective)


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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