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replacement
CIDE DICTIONARY
replacement, n.
- The act of replacing. [1913 Webster]
- The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
replacement, n.
1 the act or an instance of replacing or being replaced.
2 a person or thing that takes the place of another.
1 the act or an instance of replacing or being replaced.
2 a person or thing that takes the place of another.
THESAURUS
replacement
agency, agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, backup, backup man, change, changeling, commutation, comparison, copy, counterfeit, delegation, deputation, deputy, deputyship, descendant, displacement, double, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, fake, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, heir, imitation, improvement, inheritor, instauration, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, next best thing, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, posterity, power of attorney, proxy, quid pro quo, reactivation, reconstitution, reconversion, redintegration, reenactment, reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, reinstatement, reinstation, reinstitution, reinvestiture, reinvestment, relief, representation, representative, reserves, restitution, restoration, reversion, ringer, second string, secondary, sign, spares, stand-in, sub, subrogation, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, successor, supersedence, superseder, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanter, supplanting, supplantment, surrogate, switch, symbol, synecdoche, third string, tit for tat, token, understudy, utility player, vicar, vicariousness, vice-president, vice-regentROGET THESAURUS
replacement
Restoration
N restoration, restoral, reinstatement, replacement, rehabilitation, reestablishment, reconstitution, reconstruction, reproduction, renovation, renewal, revival, revivessence, reviviscence, refreshment, resuscitation, reanimation, revivification, reviction, Phenix, reorganization, renaissance, second youth, rejuvenescence, new birth, regeneration, regeneracy, regenerateness, palingenesis, reconversion, redress, retrieval, reclamation, recovery, convalescence, resumption, resumption, sanativeness, recurrence, rechauffe, rifacimento, cure, recure, sanation, healing, redintegration, rectification, instauration, repair, reparation, remanufacture, recruiting, cicatrization, disinfection, tinkering, reaction, redemption, restitution, relief, tinker, cobbler, vis medicatrix, curableness, restored, redivivus, convalescent, in a fair way, none the worse, rejuvenated, restoring, restorative, recuperative, sanative, reparative, sanatory, reparatory, curative, remedial, restorable, recoverable, sanable, remediable, retrievable, curable, in statu quo, as you were, phr, revenons a nos moutons, medecin, gueris-toi toi- meme, vestigia nulla retrorsum.Substitution
N substitution, commutation, supplanting, metaphor, metonymy, substitute, ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum, shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat, double, changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative, palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent, substituted, ersatz, phony, vicarious, subdititious, instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux.For further exploring for "replacement" in Webster Dictionary Online