Definition of replacement

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • replacement is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • replacement is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • replacement is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 22

Definition of replacement


  • a person who follows next in order (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. successor
  • an event in which one thing is substituted for another (noun)

    Examples

    1. the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

    Synonyms

    1. permutation
    2. substitution
    3. switch
    4. transposition
  • filling again by supplying what has been used up (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. refilling
    2. renewal
    3. replenishment
  • the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. replacing
  • someone who takes the place of another person (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. alternate
    2. surrogate
  • a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. substitute

See definition of replacement in Merriam Webster