replacement meaning and definition

REPLACEMENT noun

Definition of replacement (noun)

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another
   • "replacing the star will not be easy"
   • synonyms: replacing
2. someone who takes the place of another person
   • synonyms: alternate, surrogate
3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another
   • "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
   • synonyms: permutation, substitution, switch, transposition
4. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another
   • synonyms: substitute
5. filling again by supplying what has been used up
   • synonyms: refilling, renewal, replenishment
6. a person who follows next in order
   • "he was President Lincoln's successor"
   • synonyms: successor