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Synonyms for dislocate

Most common

slip splay luxate displace disrupt

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Luxate

luxate, slip, splay

2. Displace — to put something out of its usual place

displace, disjoint

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To put something out of its usual place.

  2. v. 2

    To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient.

  3. v. 3

    To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.

Related words

Word family
dislocation

Forms

Past participle
dislocated
e.g. dislocated → luxated, slipt, splayed, displaced…

Example sentences

  • slip She was walking slowly, so that she wouldn't slip.
  • displace Drought could displace millions of Algerians.
  • disrupt What could disrupt Algeria's recovery process?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dislocatesteady
slipsteady
splayrising
luxatefalling
displacesteady
disruptrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
slip1
5 letters
splay
6 letters
luxate
7 letters
disrupt2, disturb2
8 letters
displace2, disjoint2
10 letters
disarrange

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (disrupt2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
disloquer
Italiano
slogare