| noun | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another “replacing the star will not be easy” |
| 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” |
| verb | take the place or move into the position of “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left” |
| verb | put something back where it belongs “replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it” |
| verb | put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt” |
| replace | verb | take the place or move into the position of |
| replacement | noun | someone who takes the place of another person |
| replacing | noun | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another |
| supplanter | noun | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another |
| supplanting | noun | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics |
| supersession | noun | act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior |
| supersedure | noun | act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior |
| substitute | noun | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
| substitution | noun | an event in which one thing is substituted for another |