Synonyms for supplant
Definitions
- v. 1
To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
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Related words
- Word family
- supplantation supplantment
Forms
- Past participle
- supplanted
e.g. supplanted → superseded, replaced, displaced, unseated…
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To supplant is more often personal, signifying to take the place of another, usually by underhanded means; one is superseded by authority, supplanted by a rival.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- replace She wanted to replace her old vase with a new one.
- displace Drought could displace millions of Algerians.
- supersede Malians need to supersede their ethnic fault lines.
- unseat Martino joined Lorenzo in a coup to unseat Flavio.
- uproot Powerful winds on Earth can uproot trees, toss over cars, and destroy houses.
By length
- 4 letters
- oust1
- 6 letters
- remove2, unseat2, uproot2
- 7 letters
- replace2
- 8 letters
- displace2, dethrone2
- 9 letters
- supersede3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remove2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- supplanter
- Italiano
- soppiantare
- Deutsch
- verdrängen