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

Definition categories: person, compeer, equal, match, peer