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

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

The sector encourages the self-optimization of its people while displacing institutional responsibility. — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 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

These conflagrations follow the historic fires that raged in France and Spain last month, displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

No one has been charged, Israel has not investigated his killing, and Israeli settlers continue to rampage throughout the West Bank, terrorizing and forcibly displacing Palestinians from their homes. — Kamel Musallet, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Instead, parents and educators could consider the quality of digital experiences and what screen use may be displacing. — Janice Mak, The Conversation, 30 July 2026

The Gironde fire has forced what may be France’s largest peacetime evacuation, displacing more than 220,000 residents and tourists and disrupting Bordeaux’s peak wine and coastal tourism season. — Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026