Synonyms for dethrone
Definitions
- v. 1
To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
- v. 2
To remove any governing authority from power.
Related words
- Word family
- dethronement dethronize
Forms
- Past participle
- dethroned
e.g. dethroned → uncrowned, unthroned, disenthroned, discrowned…
Example sentences
- overthrow They conspire to overthrow the oppressive government.
- depose Often the people do not wish to depose a tyrant, often they cannot not.
By length
- 6 letters
- divest2, depose2, unking
- 7 letters
- uncrown, unqueen
- 8 letters
- supplant2, unthrone, discrown
- 9 letters
- overthrow3, unsceptre, unscepter, unmonarch
- 10 letters
- dethronize
- 11 letters
- disenthrone
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (divest2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- détrôner
- Italiano
- detronizzare
- Español
- destronar
- Deutsch
- absetzen