ersatzadjective
uk/ˈeə.zæts/us/ˈer.zɑːts/disapprovingused instead of something else, usually because the other thing is too expensive or rare:
I'm allowed to eat ersatz chocolate made from carob beans, but it's a poor substitute for the real thing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- refill
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
- swap
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