Events
Synonyms for replacement
Synonyms for replacement: switch and successor. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for replacement
Interchangeable with replacement in this sense
Audited under replacement's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one replacement carries in that sense.
- switchnoun, in the sense "an event in which one thing is substituted for another"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name replacement as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- successorsuccessor is a noun in the sense "a person who follows next in order"
one of these comes from replacement's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
an event in which one thing is substituted for another
The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood.
The true synonym
switch
Same sentence, swapped: The switch of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot replacement is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- successor
- surrogate
- departure
Where replacement turns up in the game
replacement is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where replacement is the trap
- switchnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shift, in the sense "the act of changing one thing or position for another", and replacement is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play replacement
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so replacement reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because events is the company replacement keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. replacement carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.