Synonyms for replace

verb

1. To supply an equivalent

   reestablish, reconstitute, replenish, refund, reimburse, repay, redress, compensate, mend, patch, redeem, make good; see also rearrange, reconstruct, renew 1, repair.

   Antonyms lose*, damage, injure.

2. To take the place of

   take over, supplant, displace, supersede, substitute for, succeed, follow, oust; see also substitute 2.

3. To put back in the same place

   restore, reinstate, put back; see return 2.

replace implies a taking, or putting in, the place of someone or something that is now lost, gone, destroyed, worn out, etc. to replace defective tubes; displace suggests the ousting or dislodgment of a person or thing by another that replaces it he had been displaced in her affections by another man; supersede implies a replacing with something superior, more up-to-date, etc. the steamship superseded the sailing ship; supplant suggests a displacing that involves force, fraud, or innovation the prince had been supplanted by an impostor