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substitute

How many syllables in substitute?

  3 syllables

Divide substitute into syllables:   sub-sti-tute
How to say substitute:

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Synonyms for substitute


1 syllable
  • change
  • switch
  • swap
2 syllables
  • acting
  • exchange
  • replace
  • stand-in
  • stopgap
  • commute
  • proxy
  • reserve
  • standby
3 syllables
  • deputy
  • replace with
  • surrogate
4 syllables
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What rhymes with substitute

2 syllables
  • Aleut
    3 syllables
    4 syllables
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