replacement
(noun)
noun
1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
Similar word(s): replacing
Definition categories: act, commutation, exchange, substitution
2. someone who takes the place of another person
Similar word(s): alternate, surrogate
Definition categories: person, backup, relief, reliever, substitute
3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another
- the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Similar word(s): permutation, substitution, switch, transposition
Definition categories: event, fluctuation, variation
4. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Similar word(s): substitute
Definition categories: thought, equivalent
5. filling again by supplying what has been used up
Similar word(s): refilling, renewal, replenishment
Definition categories: process, filling
6. a person who follows next in order
Similar word(s): successor