Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun insertion
2 senses of insertion
Sense 1
interpolation, insertion -- (a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins")
=> message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)
Sense 2
insertion, introduction, intromission -- (the act of putting one thing into another)
=> movement -- (the act of changing the location of something; "the movement of cargo onto the vessel")