adjective
- Of words. ( interchangeable in a given context without changing the import of the expression)
- Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.
- synonyms: commutable
Substitutable and Replaceable
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adjective
- Capable of being replaced. .
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Capable of being replaced (by) or of being exchanged (for); as, the hydrogen of acids is replaceable by metals or by basic radicals.
- (a.) Capable or admitting of being put back into a place.
- (a.) Admitting of having its place supplied by a like thing or an equivalent; as, the lost book is replaceable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary