subs

Noun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
• a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
• plural of sub

Verb

• be a substitute
  • "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"
  • "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sub

Synonyms

bomber, Cuban sandwich, fill in, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, pigboat, poor boy, stand in, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, substitute, torpedo, U-boat, wedge, zep