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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 didn't 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

dispossess
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

preempt, usurp
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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