substitution class

1. 1.

   the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)

   Synonymsparadigm

   Broaderclass

Questions about substitution class

What does substitution class mean?

substitution class means "the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)".

What is another word for substitution class?

Close synonyms include paradigm. 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 substitution class a common word?

substitution class is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.