REPLACEMENT

/ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/ ► audio Scrabble 17 Words With Friends 22

Scrabble letter values: R1E1P3L1A1C3E1M3E1N1T1 = 17

Definition

  1. noun the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another. — synonyms: replacing
  2. noun someone who takes the place of another person. — synonyms: surrogate, alternate
  3. noun an event in which one thing is substituted for another. — synonyms: substitution, permutation, transposition, switch
  4. noun a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another. — synonyms: substitute
  5. noun filling again by supplying what has been used up. — synonyms: refilling, replenishment, renewal
  6. noun a person who follows next in order. — synonyms: successor

Examples

  • “replacing the star will not be easy”
  • “the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood”
  • “he was President Lincoln's successor”

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