replacementnoun
uk/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/us/rɪˈpleɪs.mənt/C1 [ U ] the process of replacing something with something else:
the replacement of existing computer equipment
replacement windows
B2 [ C ] someone who does a job instead of someone else, or something that you use instead of something else:
The agency sent a replacement for the secretary who resigned.
[ C ] in sports, a player who is used for part of a game instead of another player
Synonym
substitute
More examples
- If the product doesn't work, you are given the choice of a refund or a replacement.
- Our babysitter's just moved away, so we're asking around for a replacement.
- He raged at us for forgetting to order a replacement.
- The hardest part will be to find a replacement.
- We had to send off to Ireland for a replacement part.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
- swap
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