Synonyms of deposing

deposing

verb

present participle of depose

1

as in sacking

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)

a military junta deposed the dictator after he had bankrupted the country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sacking
• toppling
• dismissing
• dethroning
• unseating
• ousting
• depriving
• displacing
• banishing
• firing
• defrocking
• removing
• unmaking
• overthrowing
• ejecting
• uncrowning
• usurping
• unthroning
• supplanting
• subverting
• expelling
• retiring
• discharging
• canning
• mustering out
• chasing
• extruding
• cashiering
• routing
• casting out
• drumming (out)
• booting (out)
• running off
• bouncing
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crowning
• installing
• initiating
• appointing
• enthroning
• investing
• electing
• baptizing
• inaugurating
• inducting
• designating
• throning
• instating

2

as in testifying

to make a solemn declaration under oath for the purpose of establishing a fact

she was nervous when the time to depose before the jury finally arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• testifying
• witnessing
• attesting
• verifying
• swearing
• bearing witness
• promising
• vouching
• vowing

3

as in putting

to arrange something in a certain spot or position

deposed her fan and gloves on the dressing table

Synonyms & Similar Words

• putting
• placing
• situating
• positioning
• depositing
• locating
• disposing
• laying
• sticking
• fixing
• setting
• emplacing
• planting
• establishing
• setting up
• rearranging
• shifting
• orienting
• moving
• parking
• slapping
• locking
• assembling
• reordering
• clapping
• collecting
• carrying
• affixing
• wedging
• flopping
• plopping
• plunking
• settling
• anchoring
• plumping
• ensconcing
• ranking
• lodging
• planking
• plunking down
• arraying
• berthing
• queuing
• laying out
• lining up
• niching
• setting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• removing
• taking
• relocating
• replacing
• displacing
• banishing
• supplanting
• superseding
• dislodging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deposing

Hamad himself seized control after deposing his father, Sheikh Khalifa, in a bloodless palace coup in 1995. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

Conspicuously absent in the edit is the follow-up question from the attorney deposing Cavanaugh, who asked whether DOGE actually managed to reduce the deficit. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

While the opposition Conservative Party has a history of deposing prime ministers while in office, Labour does not, said Jonathan Tonge, a professor of politics at the University of Liverpool. — ABC News, 14 May 2026

The judge also said attorneys across the lawsuits will need to work together to coordinate deposing counselors, campers and staff only one time to minimize harm. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026

One of our sources told Gina that getting rid of a sheriff in Alabama is like deposing a king. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

The legal teams re-entered the courtroom after deposing the ice agent for a second time. — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

At the same time, the president has brought Russia’s Vladimir Putin out of isolation, stunned the world by deposing Venezuela’s leader and made invasion threats toward Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of NATO member Denmark. — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026

To justify going to war against Iraq—which had played no role at all in the 9/11 attacks—Cheney reached into the bureaucracies to cherry-pick intelligence that would support deposing Saddam. — Karl Vick, Time, 4 Nov. 2025