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