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displace

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of displace

1 to change the place or position of

the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didnʼt do any real damage

Synonyms of displace

budge, dislocate, disturb, move, relocate, remove, reposition, shift, transfer, transpose

Words Related to displace

bear, carry, cart, convey, drive, haul, lug, tote, transmit, transplant, transport

replace, supersede, supplant

alter, make over, modify, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Near Antonyms of displace

anchor, fix, freeze, moor, secure, set, stabilize

embed (also imbed), entrench (also intrench), implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

2 to force to leave a country

World War II displaced people all over Europe

Synonyms of displace

banish, deport, exile, expatriate, relegate, transport

Words Related to displace

cast out, dismiss, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, kick out, oust, run out, throw out

excommunicate, ostracize, reject, repudiate, spurn

Near Antonyms of displace

naturalize, repatriate

accept, admit, receive, take in

entertain, harbor, house, shelter

3 to take the place of

inefficient methods displaced by newer ones

Synonyms of displace

cut out, displant, relieve, replace, substitute, supersede, supplant

Words Related to displace

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

the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover

Synonyms of displace

defrock, depose, deprive, dethrone, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone

Words Related to displace

can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack

overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out

Near Antonyms of displace

baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest

appoint, designate, elect

Antonyms of displace

crown, enthrone, throne

Synonym Discussion of displace

replace, displace, supplant, supersede mean to put out of a usual or proper place or into the place of another. replace implies a filling of a place once occupied by something lost, destroyed, or no longer usable or adequate.

- replaced the broken window

displace implies an ousting or dislodging.

- war had displaced thousands

supplant implies either a dispossessing or usurping of another's place, possessions, or privileges or an uprooting of something and its replacement with something else.

- was abruptly supplanted in her affections by another

supersede implies replacing a person or thing that has become superannuated, obsolete, or otherwise inferior.

- the new edition supersedes all previous ones

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