REPLACEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does replacement mean? 

• REPLACEMENT (noun)
  The noun REPLACEMENT has 6 senses:

1. the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

2. someone who takes the place of another person

3. an event in which one thing is substituted for another

4. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

5. filling again by supplying what has been used up

6. a person who follows next in order

  Familiarity information: REPLACEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPLACEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

replacement; replacing

Context example:

replacing the star will not be easy

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

commutation; exchange; substitution (the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replacement"):

novation ((law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party)

pitching change (replacing a pitcher in baseball)

supersedure; supersession (act of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior)

displacement; supplanting (act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics)

Derivation:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

replace (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items)

replace (take the place or move into the position of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who takes the place of another person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

alternate; replacement; surrogate

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

backup; backup man; fill-in; relief; reliever; stand-in; substitute (someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult))

Derivation:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

replace (take the place or move into the position of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An event in which one thing is substituted for another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

permutation; replacement; substitution; switch; transposition

Context example:

the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

fluctuation; variation (an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change)

Derivation:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

replacement; substitute

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

equivalent (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "replacement"):

ersatz (an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation)

successor (a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone)

succedaneum ((medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another))

Derivation:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

replace (take the place or move into the position of)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Filling again by supplying what has been used up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

refilling; renewal; replacement; replenishment

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

filling (flow into something (as a container))

Sense 6

Meaning:

A person who follows next in order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

replacement; successor

Context example:

he was President Lincoln's successor

Hypernyms ("replacement" is a kind of...):

compeer; equal; match; peer (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

 Context examples 

They may be used as hormone replacement, to suppress the immune system, and to treat some side effects of cancer and its treatment.

(Corticosteroid, NCI Dictionary)

A lung surfactant agent that is used as a replacement for endogenous lung surfactant.

(Colfosceril Palmitate, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by replacement of the liver parenchyma with fibrous tissue and regenerative nodules.

(Cirrhosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It’s funny, a check I wrote five months ago to someone who works for me never arrived (and of course, I sent a replacement within ten days).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Desirudin is particularly used to prevent deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery.

(Desirudin, NCI Thesaurus)

Any therapeutic procedure that administers dihydrotestosterone, often transdermally, as androgen replacement therapy.

(Dihydrotestosterone Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

A replacement for a lost tooth structure designed for continued or prolonged use.

(Permanent Dental Restoration, NCI Thesaurus)

Fatty replacement and damage to the hepatocytes not related to alcohol use.

(Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic hormone used for androgen replacement therapy and as an hormonal antineoplastic agent (ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL).

(Methyltestosterone, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

“Since many forms of hearing loss are limited to specific frequencies, this approach could lead to replacement sensory cells that are tailored to individual needs.”

(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)