the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; replacing the star will not be easy

[ Syn: replacing ]

someone who takes the place of another person

[ Syn: surrogate , alternate ]

an event in which one thing is substituted for another; the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood

[ Syn: substitution , permutation , transposition , switch ]

a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

[ Syn: substitute ]

filling again by supplying what has been used up

[ Syn: refilling , replenishment , renewal ]

a person who follows next in order; he was President Lincolns successor

[ Syn: successor ]