replace
English Thesaurus
1. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) (verb.change)
hypernym | : | regenerate, renew, |
definition | : | reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new (verb.creation) |
hyponym | : | change, |
definition | : | remove or replace the coverings of (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | novate, |
definition | : | replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one (verb.change) |
2. put something back where it belongs (verb.contact)
hyponym | : | hang up, |
definition | : | put a telephone receiver back in its cradle (verb.contact) |
3. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | alter, change, modify, |
definition | : | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | shift, |
definition | : | move and exchange for another (verb.change) |
hyponym | : | reduce, |
definition | : | simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | truncate, |
definition | : | replace a corner by a plane (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | retool, |
definition | : | provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | subrogate, |
definition | : | substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured (verb.possession) |
4. take the place or move into the position of (verb.social)
hyponym | : | displace, preempt, |
definition | : | take the place of or have precedence over (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | usurp, |
definition | : | take the place of (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | oust, |
definition | : | remove and replace (verb.social) |
verb group | : | replace, |
definition | : | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) (verb.change) |
verb group | : | put back, replace, |
definition | : | put something back where it belongs (verb.contact) |
5. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) (verb.change)
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
6. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items (verb.possession)
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
7. take the place or move into the position of (verb.social)
derivation | : | supersedure, supersession, |
definition | : | act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior (noun.act) |
derivation | : | displacement, supplanting, |
definition | : | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | supplanter, usurper, |
definition | : | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another (noun.person) |
8. substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected) (verb.change)
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
9. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items (verb.possession)
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
10. take the place or move into the position of (verb.social)
derivation | : | supersedure, supersession, |
definition | : | act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior (noun.act) |
derivation | : | displacement, supplanting, |
definition | : | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, replacing, |
definition | : | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun.act) |
derivation | : | replacement, substitute, |
definition | : | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun.cognition) |
derivation | : | supplanter, usurper, |
definition | : | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another (noun.person) |
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