REPLACE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
    Usage Example(s)
    • He replaced the old razor blade
    • We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago
    • the insurance will replace th
    Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • put something back where it belongs
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it
    • please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them
    Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • put in the place of another
    • switch seemingly equivalent items
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt
    • substitute regular milk with fat-free milk
    Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • take the place or move into the position of
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
    • the computer has supplanted the slide rule
    • Mary replaced Susan as the team’’s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
    Hypernyms(s) replace is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)