Dictionary entry details
• REPLACEMENT (noun)
Meaning:
An event in which one thing is substituted for another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
substitution; replacement; permutation; switch; transposition
Context example:
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)
Meaning:
The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
replacing; replacement
Context example:
replacing the star will not be easy
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
commutation; exchange; substitution (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replacement"):
novation ((law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party)
pitching change (replacing a pitcher in baseball)
supersedure; supersession (act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior)
displacement; supplanting (act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics)
Meaning:
Someone who takes the place of another person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
alternate; surrogate; replacement
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))
Meaning:
A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
substitute; replacement
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
equivalent (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replacement"):
ersatz (an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation)
successor (a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone)
succedaneum ((medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another))
Meaning:
Filling again by supplying what has been used up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
refilling; replenishment; renewal; replacement
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
filling (flow into something (as a container))
Meaning:
A person who follows next in order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
successor; replacement
Context example:
he was President Lincoln's successor
Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):
compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)
