Thesaurus

dethrones

verb , present tense third-person singular of dethrone

Synonyms and Antonyms of dethrones

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 of dethrones

defrocks, deposes, deprives, displaces, ousts, uncrowns, unmakes, unseats, unthrones

Words Related to dethrones

cans, cashiers, discharges, dismisses, fires, musters out, removes, retires, sacks

overthrows, subverts, supplants, topples, usurps

banishes, boots (out), bounces, casts out, chases, drums (out), ejects, expels, extrudes, routs, runs off, throws out

Near Antonyms of dethrones

baptizes, inaugurates, inducts, initiates, installs, instates, invests

appoints, designates, elects

Antonyms of dethrones

crowns, enthrones, thrones

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