subbing

1. 1.

   working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence

   Synonymssubstituting

   Broaderwork

Other forms of subbing

plural

subbings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subbing

What does subbing mean?

subbing means "working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence".

How many syllables are in subbing?

subbing has 2 syllables: sub-bing. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbɪŋ/.

What is another word for subbing?

Close synonyms include substituting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subbing a common word?

subbing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.