Noun
replacement -
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
replacing
substitution ,
commutation ,
exchange the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
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
replacement -
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
substitute
equivalent the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
ersatz an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
successor a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
replacement -
an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
substitution ,
permutation ,
transposition ,
switch
fluctuation ,
variation the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
replacement -
someone who takes the place of another person
surrogate ,
alternate
backup man ,
fill-in ,
stand-in ,
reliever ,
substitute ,
backup ,
relief someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes" ; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"
replacement -
filling again by supplying what has been used up
refilling ,
replenishment ,
renewal
filling the act of filling something
replacement -
a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor"
successor
compeer ,
equal ,
peer ,
match a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
