replacement
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
replacing the star will not be easy
Types & categories
- substitution hypernym
- novation hyponym
- pitching change hyponym
- supersedure hyponym
- supplanting hyponym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- interchange derivation
- supplant derivation
Sense 2 noun
someone who takes the place of another person
Types & categories
- reliever hypernym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- understudy derivation
- alternate derivation
- supplant derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 3 noun
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
Types & categories
- variation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
Types & categories
- equivalent hypernym
- ersatz hyponym
- successor hyponym
- succedaneum hyponym
Related & opposite
- replace derivation
- interchange derivation
- sub derivation
- supplant derivation
- alternative derivation
Sense 5 noun
filling again by supplying what has been used up
Types & categories
- filling hypernym
Related & opposite
- refill derivation
Sense 6 noun
a person who follows next in order
he was President Lincoln's successor
Types & categories
- peer hypernym
Related & opposite
- succeed derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | substitution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | novation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitching change |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supersedure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplanting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | understudy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reliever |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | flip-flop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | switch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | swap |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | variation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | replace |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interchange |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sub |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | supplant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | alternative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | equivalent |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ersatz |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | successor |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | succedaneum |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | refill |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | filling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | succeed |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | peer |