What is another word for replacement?
Synonyms for replacement
rɪˈpleɪs məntre·place·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
replacement, replacingnoun
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
"replacing the star will not be easy"
Synonyms:
switch, alternate, renewal, substitution, successor, transposition, surrogate, refilling, replenishment, replacing, permutation, substitutesurrogate, alternate, replacementnoun
someone who takes the place of another person
Synonyms:
switch, surrogate, substitute, renewal, substitution, successor, transposition, refilling, replenishment, alternate, permutation, replacing, deputysubstitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switchnoun
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
Synonyms:
reversal, refilling, replacing, exchange, commutation, renewal, switch, substitution, replenishment, surrogate, heterotaxy, successor, switching, shift, alternate, permutation, electrical switch, transposition, substitute, electric switchsubstitute, replacementnoun
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Synonyms:
fill-in, substitution, refilling, relief, successor, replacing, backup, renewal, backup man, reliever, second-stringer, transposition, permutation, surrogate, reserve, alternate, replenishment, stand-in, switch, substituterefilling, replenishment, replacement, renewalnoun
filling again by supplying what has been used up
Synonyms:
switch, alternate, reclamation, renewal, replenishment, successor, transposition, surrogate, refilling, substitution, rehabilitation, replacing, permutation, substitutesuccessor, replacementnoun
a person who follows next in order
"he was President Lincoln's successor"
Synonyms:
switch, alternate, substitute, renewal, successor, transposition, surrogate, refilling, replenishment, substitution, replacing, permutation, heir
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
replacementnoun
Synonyms:
re-establishment, reinstatement
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
replacementnoun
Synonyms:
restoration, reinstatement
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "replacement":
substitution, substitute, replacing, replace, alternative, lieu, override, alternate, replacements, surrogate, replenishment, spare, change-out, replaced, reprovisioning, proxy, renewal, alternatives, outplacement, superseding
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1050 | exchange | |
#1485 | alternative | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2268 | reserve | |
#2564 | replacement | |
#2940 | relief | |
#3116 | backup | |
#3368 | replace | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4570 | replaced | |
#4880 | deputy | |
#4974 | rehabilitation | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#5241 | alternatives | |
#5837 | proxy | |
#6032 | substitute | |
#6111 | renewal | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6223 | switching | |
#8937 | replacing | |
#11441 | substitution | |
#12997 | successor | |
#13052 | lieu | |
#13782 | override | |
#14296 | replacements | |
#15621 | reversal | |
#17233 | reclamation | |
#22082 | heir | |
#25626 | surrogate | |
#32657 | permutation | |
#36640 | reliever | |
#41654 | replenishment | |
#42525 | transposition | |
#44635 | refilling | |
#58039 | commutation | |
#66201 | superseding | |
#68566 | outplacement |
How to use replacement in a sentence?
Takata is concerned that a national recall could potentially divert replacement air bags from where they're needed, putting lives at risk.
Nuclear power is China's only scalable replacement energy and is a vital choice in China's energy strategy.
Passing a healthcare replacement bill is a lot like trying to put socks on a rooster
Lloyd P. Provost & R. M. Sprout, Quality Progress [August 1996]:
Creative thinking should be viewed as an essential supplement to, though not a replacement for, critical thinking.
We're not going to pay people more money to stay at home than work, but we want to make sure that the people out there that can't find jobs do get a reasonable wage replacement, so it will be based on approximately 70 % wage replacement.
Translations for replacement
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- بديلArabic
- náhradaCzech
- Ersatz, ErsatzspielerGerman
- υποκατάσταση, αντικαταστάτης, υποκατάστατο, αλλαγή, αντικατάστασηGreek
- anstataŭaĵoEsperanto
- substituto, suplente, reemplazo, sustitutoSpanish
- جایگزینیPersian
- varaosa, sijainen, korvikeFinnish
- remplaçant, substitutFrench
- penggantiIndonesian
- sostituto, rimpiazzoItalian
- plaatsvervanger, vervanging, vervangerDutch
- erstatningNorwegian
- zastępca, zamiennikPolish
- reposição, substituto, substituiçãoPortuguese
- замена, замещениеRussian
- nadomjestak, supstitut, zamjenaSerbo-Croatian
- substitutSwedish
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