Synonyms of dethrone

dethrone

verb

di-ˈthrōn 

as in to depose

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

the nation's last monarch was dethroned in a popular uprising many years ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depose
• topple
• unseat
• sack
• oust
• dismiss
• deprive
• displace
• banish
• unmake
• defrock
• usurp
• unthrone
• supplant
• uncrown
• overthrow
• remove
• can
• fire
• subvert
• eject
• retire
• expel
• cast out
• muster out
• rout
• extrude
• drum (out)
• chase
• run off
• boot (out)
• discharge
• throw out
• cashier
• bounce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crown
• initiate
• install
• enthrone
• invest
• appoint
• elect
• inaugurate
• throne
• designate
• baptize
• induct
• instate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dethrone

When the alpha is dethroned, his replacement typically does in his predecessor’s cubs so that the females in the pride will breed again. — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

The king of fast food has officially been dethroned. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 June 2026

Honey scent fragrances are quietly dethroning the clean laundry perfumes that defined the last few years, and the shift says something about what people want from a signature scent right now. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026

In 1786, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson visited the site to see where, almost a century and a half earlier, their forebears had fought to dethrone a king, showing the world that another system of government was possible. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026