| reluctance | (noun) a certain degree of unwillingness | Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, hesitation, indisposition |
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| (noun) (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance) | - |
| reluctivity | (noun) (physics) the resistance of a material to the establishment of a magnetic field in it | - |
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| rem | (noun) (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays | - |
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| remainder | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, oddment, remnant |
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| (noun) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | Synonyms: difference |
| (noun) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor | - |
| (noun) something left after other parts have been taken away | Synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest |
| remains | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, stiff |
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| (noun) any object that is left unused or still extant | - |
| (noun) a relic that has been excavated from the soil | Synonyms: archeological remains |
| remake | (noun) creation that is created again or anew | Synonyms: remaking |
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| remaking | (noun) creation that is created again or anew | Synonyms: remake |
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| remand | (noun) the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial) | - |
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| remark | (noun) explicit notice | - |
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| (noun) a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information | Synonyms: comment, input |
| remarriage | (noun) the act of marrying again | - |
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| rematch | (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: replay |
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| remediation | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: redress, remedy |
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| remedy | (noun) act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil | Synonyms: redress, remediation |
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| (noun) a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain | Synonyms: curative, cure, therapeutic |
| remembering | (noun) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | Synonyms: memory |
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| remembrance | (noun) the ability to recall past occurrences | Synonyms: anamnesis, recollection |
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| (noun) a recognition of meritorious service | Synonyms: commemoration, memorial |
| remilitarisation | (noun) the act of militarizing again | Synonyms: remilitarization |
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| remilitarization | (noun) the act of militarizing again | Synonyms: remilitarisation |
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| reminder | (noun) an experience that causes you to remember something | - |
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| (noun) a message that helps you remember something | - |
| (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: admonisher, monitor |
| reminiscence | (noun) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | Synonyms: recall, recollection |
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| (noun) a mental impression retained and recalled from the past | - |
| remise | (noun) (fencing) a second thrust made on the same lunge (as when your opponent fails to riposte) | - |
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| (noun) a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles | Synonyms: carriage house, coach house |
| (noun) an expensive or high-class hackney | - |
| remission | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remittal |
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| (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remit, remitment |
| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remittal, subsidence |
| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remitment, remittal, remittance |
| remissness | (noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful | Synonyms: laxity, laxness, slackness |
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| remit | (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remission, remitment |
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| (noun) the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with | - |
| remitment | (noun) (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) | Synonyms: remission, remit |
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| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remittal, remittance |
| remittal | (noun) the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance | Synonyms: absolution, remission, remission of sin |
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| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remission, subsidence |
| (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remitment, remittance |
| remittance | (noun) a payment of money sent to a person in another place | Synonyms: remission, remitment, remittal |
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| remnant | (noun) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | Synonyms: end, oddment, remainder |
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| (noun) a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists | Synonyms: leftover |
| remonstrance | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, objection, remonstration |
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| remonstration | (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, objection, remonstrance |
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| remora | (noun) marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects | Synonyms: suckerfish, sucking fish |
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| remorse | (noun) a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) | Synonyms: compunction, self-reproach |
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| remote | (noun) a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance | Synonyms: remote control |
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| remoteness | (noun) the property of being remote | Synonyms: farawayness, farness |
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| (noun) a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | Synonyms: aloofness, standoffishness, withdrawnness |
| remotion | (noun) the act of removing | Synonyms: removal |
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| remount | (noun) a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle | - |
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| removability | (noun) The state of being able to be dismissed from office. | - |
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| removal | (noun) the act of removing | Synonyms: remotion |
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| (noun) dismissal from office | - |
| remove | (noun) degree of figurative distance or separation | - |
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| remover | (noun) someone who works for a company that moves furniture | - |
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| (noun) a solvent that removes a substance (usually from a surface) | - |
| remuda | (noun) the herd of horses from which those to be used the next day are chosen | - |
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| remuneration | (noun) the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses | - |
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| (noun) something that remunerates | Synonyms: earnings, pay, salary, wage |
| remunerator | (noun) a person who pays money for something | Synonyms: payer |
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| renascence | (noun) a second or new birth | Synonyms: rebirth, reincarnation |
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| render | (noun) a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls | - |
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| rendering | (noun) giving in acknowledgment of obligation | - |
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| (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: interpretation, rendition |
| (noun) perspective drawing of an architect's design | - |
| (noun) a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall | - |
| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendition |
| (noun) a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. | Synonyms: rendition |
| (noun) a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | Synonyms: interlingual rendition, translation, version |
| rendezvous | (noun) a meeting planned at a certain time and place | - |
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| (noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex | Synonyms: tryst |
| (noun) a place where people meet | - |
| rendition | (noun) handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed | - |
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| (noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance | Synonyms: interpretation, rendering |
| (noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious | Synonyms: interpretation, interpreting, rendering |
| (noun) a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc. | Synonyms: rendering |
| renegade | (noun) someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw | - |
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| (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, turncoat |
| renege | (noun) the mistake of not following suit when able to do so | Synonyms: revoke |
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| renewal | (noun) the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation | Synonyms: reclamation, rehabilitation |
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| (noun) the act of renewing | - |
| (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, replacement, replenishment |
| renin | (noun) a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys; catalyzes the formation of angiotensin and thus affects blood pressure | - |
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| rennet | (noun) a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket | - |
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| rennin | (noun) an enzyme that occurs in gastric juice; causes milk to coagulate | Synonyms: chymosin |
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| renouncement | (noun) an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned | Synonyms: renunciation |
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| renovation | (noun) the act of improving by renewing and restoring | Synonyms: overhaul, redevelopment |
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| (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: refurbishment, restoration |
| renovator | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, refinisher, restorer |
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| renown | (noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: celebrity, fame |
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| rensselaerite | (noun) a kind of soft talc; sometimes used as wood filler | - |
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| rent | (noun) the act of rending or ripping or splitting something | Synonyms: rip, split |
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| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rip, snag, split, tear |
| (noun) a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service | - |
| (noun) the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions | Synonyms: economic rent |
| rental | (noun) the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | Synonyms: renting |
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| (noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: lease, letting |
| rente | (noun) income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | Synonyms: annuity |
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| renter | (noun) someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else | Synonyms: tenant |
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| (noun) an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person | - |
| rentier | (noun) someone whose income is from property rents or bond interest and other investments | - |
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| renting | (noun) the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) | Synonyms: rental |
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| renunciation | (noun) the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) | Synonyms: forgoing, forswearing |
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| (noun) an act (spoken or written) declaring that something is surrendered or disowned | Synonyms: renouncement |
| (noun) rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid | Synonyms: repudiation |
| (noun) the state of having rejected your religious beliefs for your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) | Synonyms: apostasy, defection |
| reorder | (noun) a repeated order for the same merchandise | - |
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| reordering | (noun) a rearrangement in a different order | - |
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| reorganisation | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganization, shake-up, shakeup |
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| reorganization | (noun) the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes) | Synonyms: reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup |
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| (noun) an extensive alteration of the structure of a corporation or government | - |
| reorientation | (noun) the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented | Synonyms: change of direction |
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| (noun) a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs | - |
| reovirus | (noun) any of a group of non-arboviruses including the rotavirus causing infant enteritis | - |
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| rep | (noun) a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs | Synonyms: repp |
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| (noun) informal abbreviation of `representative' | - |
| repair | (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation |
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| (noun) a frequently visited place | Synonyms: hangout, haunt, resort, stamping ground |
| (noun) a formal way of referring to the condition of something | - |
| repairer | (noun) a skilled worker who mends or repairs things | Synonyms: fixer, mender |
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| repairman | (noun) a skilled worker whose job is to repair things | Synonyms: maintenance man, service man |
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| reparation | (noun) something done or paid in expiation of a wrong | Synonyms: amends |
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| (noun) the act of putting something in working order again | Synonyms: fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair |
| (noun) (usually plural) compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors | - |
| (noun) compensation (given or received) for an insult or injury | - |
| repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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| repast | (noun) the food served and eaten at one time | Synonyms: meal |
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| repatriate | (noun) a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored | - |
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| repatriation | (noun) the act of returning to the country of origin | - |
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| repayment | (noun) the act of returning money received previously | Synonyms: refund |
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| (noun) payment of a debt or obligation | Synonyms: quittance |
| repeal | (noun) the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation | Synonyms: abrogation, annulment |
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| repeat | (noun) an event that repeats | Synonyms: repetition |
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| repeater | (noun) a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading | Synonyms: repeating firearm |
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| (noun) (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again | - |
| (noun) a person who repeats | - |
| (noun) someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) | Synonyms: habitual criminal, recidivist |
| repeating | (noun) the act of doing or performing again | Synonyms: repetition |
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| repechage | (noun) a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race | - |
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| repellant | (noun) the power to repel | Synonyms: repellent |
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| (noun) a chemical substance that repels animals | Synonyms: repellent |
| (noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water | Synonyms: repellent |
| repellent | (noun) the power to repel | Synonyms: repellant |
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| (noun) a chemical substance that repels animals | Synonyms: repellant |
| (noun) a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water | Synonyms: repellant |
| repentance | (noun) remorse for your past conduct | Synonyms: penance, penitence |
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| repercussion | (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, rebound, recoil |
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| (noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: reverberation |
| repertoire | (noun) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | Synonyms: repertory |
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| (noun) the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation | Synonyms: repertory |
| repertory | (noun) a storehouse where a stock of things is kept | - |
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| (noun) the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation | Synonyms: repertoire |
| (noun) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | Synonyms: repertoire |
| (noun) a theatrical company that performs plays from a repertoire | Synonyms: repertory company, stock company |
| repetition | (noun) the act of doing or performing again | Synonyms: repeating |
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| (noun) the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device | - |
| (noun) an event that repeats | Synonyms: repeat |
| repetitiousness | (noun) verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions | Synonyms: repetitiveness |
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| repetitiveness | (noun) verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions | Synonyms: repetitiousness |
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| rephrasing | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rewording |
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| replaceability | (noun) exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable | Synonyms: commutability, substitutability |
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| replacement | (noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | Synonyms: replacing |
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| (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: substitute |
| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, substitution, switch, transposition |
| (noun) a person who follows next in order | Synonyms: successor |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another person | Synonyms: alternate, surrogate |
| (noun) filling again by supplying what has been used up | Synonyms: refilling, renewal, replenishment |
| replacing | (noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
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| replay | (noun) the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape | Synonyms: action replay, instant replay |
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| (noun) something (especially a game) that is played again | Synonyms: rematch |