Hyphenation of Substitutes

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Substitutes ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

Sub-sti-tutes

Definitions of Substitutes :

1.
A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
2.
An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
3.
Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
The star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes We need extra employees for summer fill-ins
4.
Put in the place of another
Switch seemingly equivalent items 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
5.
Be a substitute
The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
6.
Act as a substitute
She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold
7.
Capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team
A utility infielder
8.
Serving or used in place of another
An alternative plan
9.
Artificial and inferior
Ersatz coffee Substitute coffee

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