DETHRONED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

dethroned

verb

past tense of dethrone

as in deposed

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

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Recent Examples of dethroned Nvidia recently dethroned Apple as TSMC’s biggest customer. —

Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026 Tesla was dethroned early this year by Chinese automaker BYD as the largest EV seller in the world, but for many Californians, Musk’s signature vehicles are still an obvious choice. —

Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026 Then Buttered Popcorn dethroned it in 1998, bumping the cherry classic from its perch. —

Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026 Very Cherry held the title of most popular Jelly Belly flavor for two decades until Buttered Popcorn dethroned it in 1998. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026 And the baby will always be the last and so never ‘dethroned’ in the same way. —

Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 The Pahlavi Dynasty was dethroned in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution and replaced with the Islamic Republic of Iran. —

Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2026 Although it was dethroned last year by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this year’s revival suggests that sustained controversy has done little to dent its appeal. —

Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026 Harold Hamm net worth Harold Hamm was recently dethroned as the richest man in Oklahoma by George Kaiser, chairman of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company and majority owner of the Bank of Oklahoma, based in Tulsa. —

Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 24 Mar. 2026

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King is especially distraught in the season finale after learning that she'll be deposed again in a lawsuit against the ER — a suit and deposition that has burdened the doctor all season.

— Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Supporters of Reza Pahlavi, son of the shah deposed in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, deny the campaign’s responsibility for such threats and accuse government agents of posing as activists online.

— Adam Geller, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026