Searching for synonyms for replace? Here’s some similar words from our thesaurus you can use instead.

• “He replaced the old razor blade“
• “We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago“
• “the insurance will replace the lost income“
• “This antique vase can never be replaced“

• “Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left“
• “the computer has supplanted the slide rule“
• “Mary replaced Susan as the team’s captain and the highest-ranked player in the school“

Synonyms

• supplant take the place or move into the position of
• supersede take the place or move into the position of
• supervene upon take the place or move into the position of

• “replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it“
• “please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them“

Synonyms

• put back put something back where it belongs; cost a certain amount

• “switch seemingly equivalent items“
• “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt“
• “substitute regular milk for fat-free milk“
• “synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context’s meaning“

Synonyms

• substitute capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team; serving or used in place of another; artificial and inferior; a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another ; an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced ; someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); put in the place of another; be a substitute; act as a substitute
• interchange a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams ; mutual interaction; the act of changing one thing for another thing; reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); put in the place of another; give to, and receive from, one another; cause to change places; reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
• exchange give to, and receive from, one another; exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence ; hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; put in the place of another; exchange a penalty for a less severe one ; chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another ; a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); the act of changing one thing for another thing; the act of giving something in return for something received; a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication ; a workplace for buying and selling; (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries); the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: “he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help” ; (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value