replacements
Things swapped in
Replacements are things or people that take the place of others.
A replacement part restores a broken machine to working order.
A replacement player fills in for an injured teammate.
The word often implies the original was lost, worn out, or inadequate: We're still looking for a replacement for Janet after she quit.
Hip replacements are artificial joints surgically installed when natural ones fail.
Shared seating surface
- depthDistance below surface
- reservesResources held back
- second-stringSubstitute team members
- backupsDuplicate files or substitutes
subs · relief · pinch-hitter · substitution · rotation · bullpen · call-up
Authorized substitute
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- representativeOne who acts for another
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
agent · regent · vicar · envoy · steward · trustee · executor · interim
Replacement for another
- alternativeAnother available choice
- optionAvailable course of action
- choiceAct of selecting
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
equivalent · stand-in · fill-in · swap · exchange · switch · variant · substitution
Device placed inside tissue
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- orthoticSupportive medical device
- socketHollow receiving cavity
titanium · biomechanics · amputation · limb · exoskeleton · stump · cybernetic · pacemaker
bench
Shared seating surface
- depthDistance below surface
- reservesResources held back
- second-stringSubstitute team members
backups · subs · relief · pinch-hitter · substitution · rotation · bullpen · call-up
proxy
Authorized substitute
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- representativeOne who acts for another
stand-in · agent · regent · vicar · envoy · steward · trustee · executor · interim · locum
substitute
Replacement for another
- alternativeAnother available choice
- optionAvailable course of action
- choiceAct of selecting
backup · equivalent · stand-in · fill-in · swap · exchange · switch · variant · substitution · proxy
implant
Device placed inside tissue
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- bionicMechanically augmented human
- orthoticSupportive medical device
socket · titanium · biomechanics · amputation · limb · exoskeleton · stump · cybernetic · pacemaker
- customer servicecustomer service, service, apology, patience, callback
- substitutessubstitute, subs, substitutes, stand-in, substitute teachers
- reinforcementsrelief force, reserve team, reinforcement, second wave, support units
- military operationsoffensive, attack, marines, Desert Storm, NATO operations
- offeringsburnt offering, altar offerings, sin offering, peace offering, oblations
- military forcesarmy, allied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces
replacementspredecessors
Those coming before another
forerunners · precursors · originals · antecedents · forebears
replacementsoriginals
Authentic first versions
authentics · genuine articles · first editions · prototypes · archetypes
replacementsmainstays
Principal supporting elements
regulars · incumbents · fixtures · permanents · starters
- 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
- hair replacementCovering for bald areas