Synonyms of displacing

displacing

verb

present participle of displace

1

as in removing

to change the place or position of

the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• relocating
• moving
• transferring
• shifting
• transporting
• replacing
• repositioning
• disturbing
• transposing
• conveying
• carrying
• hauling
• dislocating
• transmitting
• supplanting
• budging
• driving
• carting
• superseding
• transplanting
• lugging
• altering
• toting
• modifying
• revising
• remaking
• varying
• reworking
• bearing
• remodeling
• revamping
• redoing
• refashioning
• making over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• securing
• stabilizing
• fixing
• setting
• anchoring
• freezing
• mooring
• embedding
• implanting
• rooting
• lodging
• entrenching
• ingraining

2

as in exiling

to force to leave a country

World War II displaced people all over Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exiling
• banishing
• relegating
• deporting
• evicting
• transporting
• eliminating
• expatriating
• expelling
• excluding
• ejecting
• dismissing
• ousting
• running out
• spurning
• dispossessing
• ostracizing
• casting out
• excommunicating
• rejecting
• kicking out
• repudiating
• expulsing
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• accepting
• admitting
• repatriating
• naturalizing
• taking in
• sheltering
• harboring
• housing
• entertaining

3

as in replacing

to take the place of

inefficient methods displaced by newer ones

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replacing
• superseding
• supplanting
• substituting
• relieving
• usurping
• displanting
• preempting
• cutting out

4

as in deposing

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

the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of displacing

But then a completely different technology, mobile banking, arose, eventually reducing the need for tellers, not by displacing the task, but by displacing the trip. — Andy Schachtel, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The 29-year-old has become an integral part of the side and one of Palace’s most important players since displacing Sam Johnstone as No 1, with Johnstone going on to join Wolverhampton Wanderers for £10m two years ago. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

In total, 12 apartments were affected by the blaze, displacing around 30 people, the fire department said. — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026

Quarterback Jacob Torres returns to varsity after a 651-day absence tied to a UIL eligibility ruling that followed a lightning strike displacing his family. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026

On top of torrential monsoon rains over the last few weeks, sources interviewed by CNN suspect that an earthquake may be responsible for shearing off a chunk of glacier, which tumbled into a river valley, displacing Biblical volumes of water. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026

Those proposals seek to strengthen national standards without displacing existing state regulatory systems. — John R. Gordon, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026

With a length of almost 1,100 feet and displacing more than 100,000 tons, Nimitz-class carriers are among the world’s largest warships, eclipsed only by the US Navy’s Ford-class carriers, of which only one is in service to date. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

Amazon currently holds the number one spot, recently displacing Walmart's long streak. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026