Synonyms of unseating

unseating 1 of 2

noun

as in overthrow

Related Words

• overthrow
• removal
• ouster
• impeachment
• expulsion
• dismissal
• suspension
• deposition
• dethronement
• unmaking
• discharge
• reduction
• demotion
• degradation
• downgrade
• disrating
• abasement
• comedown
• downfall
• fall

Dissimilar Words

• promotion
• creation
• rise
• elevation
• advancement
• upgrading
• preference
• ascent
• upgrade
• preferment
• exaltation
• aggrandizement
• magnification
• glorification
• ennoblement

unseating

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verb

present participle of unseat

as in deposing

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

a governor who was unseated by the first successful recall in the state's history

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unseating

Noun

The incumbent’s victory bucked the recent trend of left-wing challengers unseating established Democrats in Congress. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025

Verb

Challenger Allison Williamson defeats incumbent Allison Williamson defeated longtime incumbent Bill Klapper in the Democratic primary for Wyandotte County District Court judge, unseating a judge who has served on the bench for more than a decade. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Jillian Gilchrest is a state representative from West Hartford who has been in office since 2019 after unseating a longtime incumbent. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

Apple briefly took the spot of the world’s largest company by market cap as markets opened Friday, temporarily unseating Nvidia as the AI giant’s shares slid. — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have staged electoral coups this summer, unseating several high-profile incumbents in Congress. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026

Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said. — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026

Before running for governor and unseating Democrat Steve Sisolak in 2022, Lombardo served eight years as sheriff in Nevada's Clark County. — Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 22 June 2026

The bank was a founding partner of the Valkyries, who already rank as the WNBA’s most valuable team at $850 million; the Warriors are the NBA’s most valuable, unseating the Knicks’ stranglehold on the spot in 2023, per ’s rankings. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026

In a decisive upset, Democrat John Forbes won his party’s nomination in the June 2 primary election for Polk County supervisor in District 1, unseating incumbent Matt McCoy. — Virginia Barreda, Des Moines Register, 3 June 2026