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Replacement

The act of replacing.

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Broader term 14

Commutation 76% connected

A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.

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Compeer 76% connected

An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.

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Equal 76% connected

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, deg…

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Equivalent 76% connected

Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

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Exchange 76% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Filling 76% connected

of Fill

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Fluctuation 76% connected

A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Peer 76% connected

To come in sight; to appear.

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Relief 76% connected

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which…

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Reliever 76% connected

One who, or that which, relieves.

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Substitute 76% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Substitution 76% connected

The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act…

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Variation 76% connected

The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation…

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Narrower term 7

Displacement 76% connected

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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Novation 76% connected

Innovation.

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Succedaneum 76% connected

One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute

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Successor 76% connected

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;…

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Supersedure 76% connected

The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury.

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Supersession 76% connected

The act of superseding, or the state of being superseded; supersedure.

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Supplanting 76% connected

of Supplant

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Derivationally related 18

Exchange 74% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Exchange 74% connected

The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain.

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Flip 74% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Flip 74% connected

A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Interchange 74% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Interchange 74% connected

To put each in the place of the other; to give and take mutually; to exchange; to reciprocate; as, to interchange places; they interchanged friendly…

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Replace 74% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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Replace 74% connected

To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.

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Substitute 74% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Substitute 74% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Swap 74% connected

To strike; -- with off.

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Swap 74% connected

To strike; -- with off.

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Switch 74% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Switch 74% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Synonym 10

Alternate 92% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

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Permutation 92% connected

The act of permuting; exchange of the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange.

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Renewal 92% connected

The act of renewing, or the state of being renewed; as, the renewal of a treaty.

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Replenishment 92% connected

The act of replenishing, or the state of being replenished.

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Substitute 92% connected

One who, or that which, is substituted or put in the place of another; one who acts for another; that which stands in lieu of something else

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Substitution 92% connected

The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Successor 92% connected

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Surrogate 92% connected

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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Switch 92% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Transposition 92% connected

The act of transposing, or the state of being transposed.

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