- replace - 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"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
--1 is one way to regenerate, renew
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun replacement3, noun replacement1, noun replacement4, noun replacement2, noun replacing1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
- supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
--2 is one way to succeed, come after, follow
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun replacement3, noun replacement4, noun replacement2, noun replacing1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- substitute, replace - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk"
--3 is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun replacement2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
- replace, put back - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
--4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP