What are some opposite words for replace?

Antonyms for replace
rɪˈpleɪsre·place

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. replace

    Antonyms:
    move, abstract, withdraw, remove, damage, deprive

    Synonyms:
    restore, supply, substitute, reinstate, rearrange, re-establish

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  1. replaceverb

    substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

    "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"

    Synonyms:
    supervene upon, exchange, supercede, put back, supersede, supplant, interchange, substitute

  2. supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercedeverb

    take the place or move into the position of

    "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

    Synonyms:
    supervene upon, supercede, exchange, put back, supersede, supplant, interchange, substitute

  3. replace, put backverb

    put something back where it belongs

    "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

    Synonyms:
    supervene upon, exchange, supercede, set back, put back, knock back, supersede, supplant, interchange, substitute

  4. substitute, replace, interchange, exchangeverb

    put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"; "synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning"

    Synonyms:
    change, fill in, interchange, step in, supervene upon, supercede, tack, alternate, deputize, commute, switch over, exchange, flip, supplant, transpose, stand in, put back, convert, switch, supersede, flip-flop, deputise, counterchange, substitute, sub

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. replaceverb

    Synonyms:
    restore, refund, repay

How to use replace in a sentence?

  1. Alfred Hitchcock:

    This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop.

  2. Bill Gross:

    It is demand that must be increased – yes, China must move more quickly to a consumer-based economy but the developed world must play its part by abandoning its destructive emphasis on fiscal austerity, and begin to replace its rapidly decaying infrastructure that has been delayed for decades.

  3. Kelvin Baxter:

    The whole time I've been trucking, the railways have been going to replace me, but that hasn't happened, at the moment, our concerns are finding enough drivers.

  4. Matthew Binnicker:

    Especially here in the U.S., where we’re seeing significant surges in delta, whether omicron’s going to replace it I think we’ll know in about two weeks.

  5. Ed Murray:

    Our goal is to replace our regressive tax system with a new formula for fairness, while ensuring Seattle stands up to President Trump's austere budget that cuts transportation, affordable housing, healthcare, and social services.

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#1142move
#1475abstract
#1651remove
#2266damage
#3368replace
#10524withdraw
#32349deprive

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