One entry found for replace.

Entry Word: replace
Function: verb
Text: 1 to take the place of <the old street lights were replaced with more energy-efficient models>
Synonyms displace, substitute, supersede, supplant
Related Words preempt, usurp
2 to bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place <took the fragile vase down to look at it and then gently replaced it on the shelf> -- see RETURN 1