1. replacement - noun
· the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
Synonym(s): replacing
Hypernym(s): substitution, exchange, commutation
2. replacement - noun
· someone who takes the place of another person
Synonym(s): surrogate, alternate
Hypernym(s): stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup_man, fill-in
3. replacement - noun
· an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
Synonym(s): substitution, permutation, transposition, switch
Hypernym(s): variation, fluctuation
4. replacement - noun
· a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Synonym(s): substitute
Hypernym(s): equivalent
5. replacement - noun
· filling again by supplying what has been used up
Synonym(s): refilling, replenishment, renewal
Hypernym(s): filling
6. replacement - noun
· a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"
Synonym(s): successor
Hypernym(s): peer, equal, match, compeer
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