Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substitutional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: sub-sti-tu-tion-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute

Example Sentences

"Peyotl eating, as a tribal habit, is current at the present time and retains its substitutional characteristic as a replacement of the Christian sacrament."

Etymology

From substitution + -al.

Inflected Forms

more substitutional (comparative) most substitutional (superlative)

Derived Forms

substitutionally

Questions

What does substitutional mean?: Of or pertaining to substitution or to a substitute
Where does substitutional come from?: From substitution + -al.

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