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🔄 A substitute 🖥️ A find-and-change tool
replacer

replacer

4.9
A program that finds text and changes it to new text
  • noun
  • /rɪˈpleɪsər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sustituto
  • She used a replacer to change every instance of 'colour' to 'color' in the file.

Examples

  • A good replacer can save hours of manual editing for large projects.

  • Can you use a replacer to change the text in this file?

  • The replacer quickly updated all outdated terms in the document.

  • The replacer tool is essential for editing documents.

  • She used a replacer to change every instance of 'colour' to 'color' in the file.

  • A good replacer can save hours of manual editing for large projects.

  • The replacer quickly updated all outdated terms in the document.

Synonyms

substitute
vsreplacer
211 3.2

A person or thing that takes the place of another

is a software tool that finds and replaces specified text or data

Antonyms

original version
10 4.1

The first form of a book, film, or show before any change

How Automated

scripting language
  • Specialized
1 4.9
replacer
  • Specialized
4.9
to edit
337 1.5

Surface Forms

replacer singular
replacers plural

Morphology

replacer = replace (semi-transparent) = re + place + er

This is a regular instrumental use of '-er', meaning a tool or function that carries out replacing.

Etymology

The word replacer comes from the parts re- 'again', place 'put', and the ending -er 'one who does'. So a replacer is a tool or program that 'puts' new text in the place of old text, like a find-and-replace function that swaps words across a document.