Synonyms of supplanted

supplanted

verb

past tense of supplant

as in replaced

to take the place of

old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways

Synonyms & Similar Words

• replaced
• superseded
• substituted
• usurped
• relieved
• displaced
• displanted
• preempted
• cut out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of supplanted

Romo called it one of the most important games of his career and used the most of that opportunity and supplanted Bledsoe by the end of the 2006 season and spent the next 10 seasons with the Cowboys until his 2016 retirement. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Electricity replaced whale oil; automobiles supplanted horses; calculators replaced slide rules, and then spreadsheets replaced calculators. — Jessica Melugin, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026

Marathon-training regimens were the subject of office bonding; lunch-hour jogs supplanted a previous generation’s golf and Martinis as occasions for networking. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Although the Pulse massacre’s status as the country’s deadliest was supplanted the year after that June night, in Las Vegas in 2017, its resonance remains for the broad community that suffered through it or came to understand it, here and around the world. — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026

This year, the multiple events connected to national and global sports events like the Super Bowl and the World Cup have supplanted block parties. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Of course, in 1915, Newton's theory of gravity was supplanted by Einstein's geometric theory of gravity, general relativity, which sees this fundamental force arise from the curvature of the fabric of spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) caused by objects with mass. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 May 2026

The January arrivals of Jorgen Strand Larsen and Brennan Johnson were supplanted by Marc Guehi’s departure to Manchester City and Glasner’s decision to leave at the end of the season. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 21 May 2026

Rocker, who supplanted opener Tyler Alexander in the second inning, pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and striking out seven. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 20 May 2026