Entry Word: replace

Function: verb

Meaning: 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