replace
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
He replaced the old razor blade
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Sense 2 verb
take the place or move into the position of
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
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Sense 3 verb
put something back where it belongs
replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
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Sense 4 verb
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replacement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | regenerate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exchange |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | novate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supersedure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplanting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | replacement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | surrogate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | usurper |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | replace |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | put back |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | succeed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deputize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | preempt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | usurp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | oust |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hang up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | replacement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitute |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | substitution |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reduce |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | truncate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retool |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | subrogate |