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English noun: replacement | |||
| 1. | replacement (act) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | ||
| Samples | Replacing the star will not be easy. | ||
| Synonyms | replacing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commutation, exchange, substitution | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | displacement, novation, pitching change, supersedure, supersession, supplanting | ||
| 2. | replacement (person) someone who takes the place of another person | ||
| Synonyms | alternate, surrogate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute | ||
| 3. | replacement (event) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | ||
| Samples | The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood. | ||
| Synonyms | permutation, substitution, switch, transposition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fluctuation, variation | ||
| 4. | replacement (cognition) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | ||
| Synonyms | substitute | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | equivalent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ersatz, succedaneum, successor | ||
| 5. | replacement (process) filling again by supplying what has been used up | ||
| Synonyms | refilling, renewal, replenishment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | filling | ||
| 6. | replacement (person) a person who follows next in order | ||
| Samples | He was President Lincoln's successor. | ||
| Synonyms | successor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compeer, equal, match, peer | ||
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