replace
Put in instead
To replace something is to put something else in its position: We replaced the broken window.
You can replace what's lost, damaged, or inadequate with something new.
A person who replaces another takes over their role or function: She replaced him as CEO.
Replace also means to put something back where it was: Replace the books on the shelf when you're done.
Replace by force
- supersedeReplace something outdated
- displaceRemove from proper position
- succeedAchieve a desired aim
- take-overSeizure of control
step-in · assume · inherit · follow · phase-out · outmode · usurp · dethrone
Temporary human placeholder
- surrogateOne acting for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- alternativeAnother available choice
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
spare · fill-in · understudy · equivalent · successor · placeholder · pinch-hitter · locum
Mutual giving and receiving
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- tradeExchange of commodities
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- transposeReverse order of elements
flip · rotate · changeover · switcheroo · trade-in · hot-swap · cycle
Repair or solution
- mendRestore after damage
- restoreReturn to earlier state
- rebuildRestore after damage
- patchMaterial covering damage
service · refurbish · recondition · renew · rehabilitate · reconstruct · salvage · refit
supplant
Replace by force
take-over · step-in · assume · inherit · follow · phase-out · outmode · usurp · dethrone · oust
stand-in
Temporary human placeholder
- surrogateOne acting for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- alternativeAnother available choice
backup · spare · fill-in · understudy · equivalent · successor · placeholder · pinch-hitter · locum · relief
exchange
Mutual giving and receiving
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- tradeExchange of commodities
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
transpose · flip · rotate · changeover · switcheroo · trade-in · hot-swap · cycle
fix
Repair or solution
patch · service · refurbish · recondition · renew · rehabilitate · reconstruct · salvage · refit · worn-out
update
New version or information
refresh · renew · patch · overhaul · retrofit · upgrade · revamp · phase-out · obsolete
- word processingword processor, WordPerfect, text editor, Microsoft Word, copy
- change verbschange, alter, transform, modify, convert
- menu commandscopy, paste, cut, undo, redo
- substitutessubstitute, subs, substitutes, stand-in, substitute teachers
- push asidesupplant, displace, oust, edge out, push out
- put backreturn, restore, reshelve, rehang, rerack
- valve replacementInstalling new heart flap
- hip replacementSurgical installation of artificial joint
- knee replacementProsthetic joint implantation
- hormone-replacement therapySupplementing declining sex steroids
- joint replacementImplanting artificial articulation
- find and replaceLocate text, substitute new
replaced, replacement, replacing, replaces, replaceable, irreplaceable, replacements, replacer, replacers