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substitutable


sub·sti·tut·able

adj \ˈsəb-stə-ˌtü-tə-bəl, -ˈtyü-\

Definition of SUBSTITUTABLE

: capable of being substituted
— sub·sti·tut·abil·i·ty \ˌsəb-stə-ˌtü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -ˌtyü-\ noun

Examples of SUBSTITUTABLE

  1. <for our purposes, the quart and the liter are close enough to be substitutable for one another>

First Known Use of SUBSTITUTABLE

1805

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Rhymes with SUBSTITUTABLE

executable, incommutable, incomputable, indisputable, irrefutable, prosecutable

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