Supplant synonyms

sə-plănt'

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displace
To take the place of; supplant or replace (a person or thing that one is the cause of or occasion for removing, pushing aside, etc.)
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remove (related)
To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).
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supersede
To remove or cause to be removed so as to make way for another; supplant
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replace (related)
To demolish a building and build an updated form of that building in its place.
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depose
To remove (a leader) from (high) office, without killing the incumbent.
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eject
To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
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oust
To force or drive out; expel, dispossess, eject, etc.
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overthrow
(Intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
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substitute
(Chemistry) To replace (one or more atoms or groups in a compound) by other atoms or groups.
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succeed
To replace another in office or position:
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undermine
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]
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cut out
(Intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.
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surrogate
To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.
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supervene upon
take the place or move into the position of
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supercede
Common misspelling of supersede.
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usurp (related)
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subvert (related)
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monopolise (related)
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Find another word for supplant. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for supplant, like: displace, remove, supersede, replace, depose, eject, oust, overthrow, substitute, succeed and undermine.
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Supplant Sentence Examples

  • Both these works (now rare) are manifestly framed on the Linnaean method, so far as it had then reached; but in their arrangement of the various forms of birds they differed greatly from that which they designed to supplant, and they deservedly obtained little success.

  • His dynasty was destined to supplant that of the Merovingian house.

  • He defends them against Zeus, who, in accordance with a widely diffused mythical theory, desires to destroy the human race and supplant them by a new and better species, or who simply revenges a trick in which men get the better of him.

  • He could trade upon Edwards precocious hatred of Marys religion, he could rely upon French fears of her Spanish inclinations, and the success which bad attended his schemes in England deluded him into a belief that he could supplant the Tudor with a Dudley dynasty.

  • And Chávez is looking to develop his natural gas reserves, which he believes may eventually supplant oil as the country 's main export.

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