Replacement meaning

What does “replacement” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“replacement” is a noun with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another.

replacement

the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
“replacing the star will not be easy”
Synonymsreplacing
someone who takes the place of another person
Synonymssurrogate alternate
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
“the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
Synonymssubstitution permutation transposition switch
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Synonymssubstitute
filling again by supplying what has been used up
Synonymsrefilling replenishment renewal
a person who follows next in order
“he was President Lincoln's successor”
Synonymssuccessor

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University