Synonyms: 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)
Usage: 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
Similar words: regenerate, renew
Definition: reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
Usage: We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years; They renewed their membership
Definition: put something back where it belongs
Usage: 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
Similar words: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Synonyms: exchange, replace, interchange, substitute
Definition: put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
Usage: the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt; substitute regular milk with fat-free milk; synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant, replace
Definition: take the place or move into the position of
Usage: 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
Similar words: succeed, come after, follow
Definition: be the successor (of)
Usage: Carter followed Ford; Will Charles succeed to the throne?