Hyphenation of substitute

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

sub-sti-tute

Definitions of substitute:

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

Synonyms of substitute:

adj second-string, secondary
adj utility, secondary
adj ersatz, artificial, unreal
noun replacement, equivalent
noun reserve, athlete, jock
noun stand-in, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-in, peer, equal, match, compeer
verb replace, exchange, change, interchange
verb sub, stand in, fill in, exchange, change, interchange
verb deputize, deputise, step in, supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon

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