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Noun
▲
Someone or something replaces another, sometimes temporarily
substitute
backup
reserve
spare
relief
cover
double
locum
proxy
sub
surrogate
alternate
alternative
stopgap
successor
understudy
stand-in
fill-in
locum tenens
designated hitter
pinch hitter
ring-in
someone else
standby
deputy
pinch-hitter
extra
stand-by
second
representative
more ❯
“What is an understudy or replacement to do when he takes over a role vacated by a star?”
Noun
▲
The action or process of replacing someone or something
renewal
substitution
interchange
replacing
change
changeover
exchange
swap
swapping
switch
switching
trade
trade-off
conversion
transposition
commutation
alternation
barter
rearrangement
rotation
bartering
dicker
truck
quid pro quo
reconstitution
reinstatement
reordering
inversion
reversal
transaction
more ❯
“The replacement cycle tends to be three years for PCs.”
Noun
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Replacement
backfill
reserve
reserves
support personnel
Noun
▲
An act of changing to or adopting one thing in place of another
switch
change
shift
move
transition
changeover
transfer
adjustment
conversion
transformation
alteration
crossover
diversion
modification
go over
metamorphosis
transfiguration
variation
transmutation
about-face
mutation
transmogrification
revision
reversal
remodelingUS
translation
remodellingUK
turn
permutation
reformation
more ❯
Noun
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The restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner
restitution
return
restoration
recovery
re-establishment
reinstallation
reinstatement
surrender
yielding
handing back
reinstitution
reestablishment
return to a former position
bringing back
return to power
reinstalment
rehabilitation
giving back
recall
reimposition
reclamation
replacing
reimbursement
repatriation
putting back
reintroduction
Noun
▲
One of two or more available possibilities
alternative
choice
option
substitute
preference
substitution
discretion
pick
recourse
reserve
selection
election
other
proxy
resort
surrogate
change
druthers
opportunity
redundancy
sub
volition
way
back-up
other possibility
stand-in
way out
another possibility
possible course of action
another course of action
other fish in sea
other fish to fry
more ❯
Noun
▲
Someone or something replaces another
successor
heir
inheritor
descendant
scion
beneficiary
heritor
aftercomer
follower
incomer
substitute
next-in-line
heir apparent
next in line
heiress
recipient
legatee
devisee
grantee
offspring
issue
progeny
child
seed
brood
receiver
chip off old block
parcener
coparcener
heir at law
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of moving from one place to another
relocation
move
transfer
moving
repositioning
rearrangement
remotion
removal
change of address
change of residence
movement
transplantation
uprooting
displacement
transference
conveyance
shift
transportation
shifting
transport
transposition
transporting
transferral
transit
translocation
evacuation
flit
conveying
flitting
passage
carriage
transferring
transmission
translation
deportation
expatriation
exile
eviction
vehicle
departure
transferal
carrier
exclusion
purging
wheels
means of transport
transplant
resettlement
shipping
shipment
abandonment
traffic
hauling
carrying
distribution
carting
motion
truckage
lift
transshipment
clearance
depopulation
posting
substitution
switch
change
migration
changeover
change of job
change of house
Noun
▲
The state or condition of being a surrogate
surrogacy
proxy
standing in
substitution
surrogate motherhood
surrogateship
Noun
▲
The act of replenishing
replenishment
refill
renewal
top up
Noun
▲
The act of displacing
displacement
substitution
ousting
superseding
supplanting
usurping
Noun
▲
A word whose meaning is the same, or very similar, as that of another word
synonym
equivalent
poecilonym
analogUS
analogueUK
metonym
substitute
hypernym
hyponym
alternative expression
alternative word
another word
other word
genteelism
code word
coy term
nice way of saying
neutral term
circumlocution
underplaying
weasel word
understatement
politeness
euphemism
rewording
indirect term
mild alternative
polite term
softening
Noun
▲
The rate at which employees leave a workforce and are replaced
turnover
change
movement
rate of replacement
coming and going
Noun
▲
A copy or likeness of someone or something
duplicate
replica
clone
double
twin
copy
duplication
counterpart
match
likeness
image
ringer
carbon
reproduction
picture
doppelganger
imitation
spit
fetch
replication
lookalike
dummy
mock
dupe
reduplication
mate
fellow
parallel
coordinate
counterfeit
ditto
companion
repetition
similarity
recurrence
copycat
repro
analogueUK
analogUS
correlate
knockoff
pirate
second
spare
look-alike
carbon copy
spitting image
mirror image
alter ego
dead ringer
exact likeness
close likeness
chip off the old block
more ❯
Noun
▲
The dismissal of someone from a job
removal
dismissal
ejection
expulsion
firing
ouster
ousting
sacking
banishment
dethronement
dethroning
discharge
displacement
unseating
deposition
dislodgement
dislodgment
defenestration
throwing out
eviction
exclusion
exile
deportation
boot
suspension
expatriation
debarment
turfing out
sack
dispossession
axeUK
axUS
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference
delegate
envoy
representative
agent
deputy
ambassador
commissioner
emissary
proxy
commissary
legate
minister
plenipotentiary
spokesman
spokesperson
assignee
attorney
depute
factor
frontman
messenger
procurator
rep
spokeswoman
go-between
nuncio
alternate
appointee
catchpole
consul
front
member
mouthpiece
nominee
regent
senator
stand-in
substitute
surrogate
vicar
viceroy
people's choice
pinch hitter
member of Congress
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Supplementary or taking the place of one that came before
spare
extra
standby
auxiliary
supplementary
additional
substitute
unused
emergency
reserve
backup
relief
fill-in
temporary
surrogate
stand-in
fallback
stopgap
alternative
deputy
alternate
acting
caretaker
makeshift
provisional
proxy
second
pinch-hitting
second-string
supplemental
more ❯
“The stationmaster returned, expertly rolling a replacement wheel with his right hand and carrying a tin bucket of axle grease in his left.”
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