1. The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
   "The replacement of the old equipment improved efficiency";
   - replacing
    
2. A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
   "The chef used applesauce as a replacement for oil in the recipe";
   - substitute
    
3. Someone who takes the place of another person
   "The replacement stepped in when the lead actor fell ill";
   - surrogate, alternate
    
4. An event in which one thing is substituted for another
   "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood";
   - substitution, permutation, transposition, switch
    
5. Filling again by supplying what has been used up
   "The replacement of inventory was done monthly";
   - refilling, replenishment, renewal
    
6. A person who follows next in order
   "he was President Lincoln's replacement";
   - successor

Derived forms: replacements

Type of: backup, commutation, compeer, equal, equivalent, exchange, fill-in, filling, fluctuation, match, peer, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute, substitution, variation

Encyclopedia: Replacement