Synonyms of dethroning

dethroning

verb

present participle of dethrone

as in deposing

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dethroning

On fourth-and-four — fourth-and-ballgame, fourth-and-win streak, fourth-and-dethroning Big Ten royalty Ohio State — Marsh snuck to the left edge of the end zone. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026

In the women’s final, Elena Rybakina backed up her rise to the top of the sport by dethroning reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

If the Ultra 4 keeps that pace, real-world testing should hit 71 to 73 hours—dethroning Samsung to claim the top endurance spot. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

The article examines how Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) could end human exceptionalism, potentially dethroning humanity as the planet's apex species. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

This makes Berkeley the most selective of the nine undergraduate UC campuses, dethroning UC Los Angeles from that position. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

What is the Woodland Hills restaurant dethroning Porto’s famous potato balls? — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

And now comes the TXSE with the aim of dethroning Wall Street as the financial trading capital of the world. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 17 July 2026

Messi's 17th and subsequent 18th goal during the game set a new bar in the World Cup for top scorer— dethroning Germany's Miroslav Klose who had previously held the record at 16 goals. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026