to replace

Examples

• All

• If he does, who do you think will replace him?

  HIM (2025)

• All we did was replace Y with Y.

• So I can just simply replace C with zero.

• What happens to F if we replace a by a prime?

• We're going to replace your daily driver for this.

• If you wanna replace a member of the crew, now is the time.

  Armageddon (1998)

• Finally, in 2006, the UN General Assembly replaced the commission with the Human Rights Council.

  Academic text (2008)

• President Reagan argued that the entire Social Security system should be replaced with private insurance.

  Academic text (2011)

• Some districts allow students to replace a failing grade at the same time the credit is earned.

  Academic text (2011)

• The City Council awarded a contract last month to replace 3,000 garbage cans with multicompartment recycling.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

C

to change

vsto replace

550 1.0

To give something and get something else of the same kind

is aimed at providing a new item when an old one stops working

E

to exchange

vsto replace

274 1.8

To give something and get something in return

is used when something broken lost or no longer useful needs a new one

D

to displace

vsto replace

140 5.5

To make a person leave their usual place or job

focuses on putting a new thing or person in place not removal

S

to substitute

vsto replace

130 2.4

To use one thing or person in place of another

is mainly used to provide a new item when the old one fails

S

to swap

vsto replace

119 2.1

To give something and get something else in return

is more often about putting a new item in when originals fail

S

to stand in

vsto replace

115 3.5

To take someone else's place for a short time

is used commonly to put in a new permanent person or item

F

to fill in

vsto replace

100 3.3

Do someone else's job for a short time

is used more often when a permanent new item or person is needed

S

to supplant

vsto replace

23 7.5

To take the place of a person or thing because the new one is better

is a neutral action to provide a new thing without force

D

to deputize

vsto replace

• US

19 6.3

To give someone the right to act for another person for a short time

is broader and can mean offering a new thing or person without formal appointment

S

to sub

vsto replace

• Informal

19 5.8

To take someone's place for a short time

is the general action of putting in a new person or thing instead

S

to supersede

vsto replace

15 7.2

To take the place of something older that people used before

is used more generally to put a new thing in when originals fail

S

to stand in for

vsto replace

14 3.2

To take someone's place for a short time

is suitable for permanent changes or for situations when originals fail

F

to fill someone's shoes

vsto replace

4 5.3

To take over someone's job when it is hard to do it as well

is neutral putting someone or something in place without implying difficulty

Antonyms

M

to maintain

931 3.1

Keep an activity, quality, or schedule going over time

R

to retain

236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

How Substituted

to supplant

23 7.5

to replace

∞ 1.8

to swap

119 2.1

to change

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology