| Main Entry: | replacement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
reinstatement, restoration, stand-in |
Antonyms: |
predecessor |
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
backup, double, equivalent, fill-in, proxy, replacement, stand-in, sub, surrogate |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
Antonyms: |
necessity |
| Main Entry: | delegate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representative, often governmental |
Synonyms: |
agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, catchpole, commissioner, consul, deputy, emissary, envoy, factor, front*, legate, member, member of congress, minister, mouthpiece, nominee, people's choice, pinch hitter, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, senator, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy |
| Main Entry: | deputy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assistant, agent |
Synonyms: |
aide, ambassador, appointee, assembly member, backup, commissioner, councilor, delegate, dogcatcher, factor, legate, lieutenant, minister, proxy, regent, replacement, representant, representative, second-in-command, sub, subordinate, substitute, surrogate |
Antonyms: |
chief, manager |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trade; deal |
Synonyms: |
barter, buying and selling, castling, change, commerce, commutation, conversion, correspondence, dealing, interchange, interdependence, interrelation, network, quid pro quo, rearrangement, reciprocation, reciprocity, replacement, revision, shift, shuffle, shuffling, substitution, supplanting, supplantment, swap, switch, tit for tat, traffic, transaction, transfer, transposing, transposition, truck |
| Main Entry: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary help |
Synonyms: |
expediency, expedient, last resort, pis aller, recourse, refuge, replacement, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute |
Antonyms: |
permanent |
| Main Entry: | repair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restoration, fixing |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, darn, improvement, mend, new part, overhaul, patch, reconstruction, reformation, rehabilitation, replacement, substitution |
Antonyms: |
breaking, damage, destruction, harm, hurt, injury, neglect, wrecking |
| Main Entry: | return |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coming again |
Synonyms: |
acknowledgment, answer, appearance, arrival, coming, entrance, entry, homecoming, occurrence, reaction, reappearance, rebound, recoil, recoiling, recompense, recompensing, recovery, recrudescence, recurrence, reestablishment, reinstatement, rejoinder, reoccurrence, replacement, repossession, restitution, restoration, restoring, retreat, reversion, revisitation |
Antonyms: |
departure, leave |
| Main Entry: | standby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
Synonyms: |
assistant, backup, deputy, double, fill-in, pinch-hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub, successor, temp, temporary, understudy |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alternative |
Synonyms: |
acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap, substitutive, supplemental, supplementary, supposititious, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarial, vicarious |