Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to substitute
Participle: substituted
Gerund: substituting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | substitute |
| you | substitute |
| he;she;it | substitutes |
| we | substitute |
| you | substitute |
| they | substitute |
Perfect
| I | have substituted |
| you | have substituted |
| he;she;it | has substituted |
| we | have substituted |
| you | have substituted |
| they | have substituted |
Past
| I | substituted |
| you | substituted |
| he;she;it | substituted |
| we | substituted |
| you | substituted |
| they | substituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had substituted |
| you | had substituted |
| he;she;it | had substituted |
| we | had substituted |
| you | had substituted |
| they | had substituted |
Future
| I | will substitute |
| you | will substitute |
| he;she;it | will substitute |
| we | will substitute |
| you | will substitute |
| they | will substitute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have substituted |
| you | will have substituted |
| he;she;it | will have substituted |
| we | will have substituted |
| you | will have substituted |
| they | will have substituted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | substitute |
| you | substitute |
| he;she;it | substitute |
| we | substitute |
| you | substitute |
| they | substitute |
Perfect
| I | have substituted |
| you | have substituted |
| he;she;it | have substituted |
| we | have substituted |
| you | have substituted |
| they | have substituted |
Imperfect
| I | substituted |
| you | substituted |
| he;she;it | substituted |
| we | substituted |
| you | substituted |
| they | substituted |
Pluperfect
| I | had substituted |
| you | had substituted |
| he;she;it | had substituted |
| we | had substituted |
| you | had substituted |
| they | had substituted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would substitute |
| you | would substitute |
| he;she;it | would substitute |
| we | would substitute |
| you | would substitute |
| they | would substitute |
Perfect
| I | would have substituted |
| you | would have substituted |
| he;she;it | would have substituted |
| we | would have substituted |
| you | would have substituted |
| they | would have substituted |
Imperative
| you | substitute |
| we | Let's substitute |
| you | substitute |
Verbs conjugated like 'substitute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'substitute'
bustitute,
resubstitute,
constitute,
destitute,
institute,
prostitute,
restitute,
subsecute,
substrate,
subtitle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, past participle of substituō, from sub- (“under; beneath”) + statuō (“to put up; establish”). Displaced native Old English spala (“a substitute”) and spelian (“to substitute”).
Verbs referencing "substitute"
Finnish with old forms
substituoida.
Sample Sentences
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I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
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I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
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I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.
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You know when you first have a baby, and you're like "I'm gonna die 'cause I've never slept"? … and you get [an] hour and a half in the middle of the night that you get to sleep. Your partner's like, "I'll take care of this." … I used that hour and a half, instead of sleeping, to watch The Pitt. … The most panic inducing show. … I was just like I was like, "Why do I feel like vomiting 24/7? Oh, I substituted sleep for watching The Pitt." [2026 January 21, Ally Beardlsey, my boss is sabotaging my clown career (w/ Ally Beardsley), Perfect Person (podcast) episode 185 (c. 14:18)]
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He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes
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Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini. [2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:]
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Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving. [1987, James Tobin, Essays in Economics, Vol. 2, page 75:]