1. (

• replacement ,
• replacing

) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy" ;

2. (

• surrogate ,
• alternate ,
• replacement ,

) someone who takes the place of another person ;

3. (

• substitution ,
• permutation ,
• transposition ,
• replacement ,
• switch

) an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" ;

4. (

• substitute ,
• replacement

) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another ;

5. (

• refilling ,
• replenishment ,
• replacement ,
• renewal

) filling again by supplying what has been used up ;

6. (

• successor ,
• replacement ,

) a person who follows next in order; "he was President Lincoln's successor" ;