supplant

Speech parts

1. supplant - Noun

2. supplant - Verb

Meaning

To trip up.

To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.

To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

supersede replace overthrow undermine displace change exchange follow remove switch succeed discharge substitute dismiss bounce
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Antonyms

institute lodge place put continue weather
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Hypernyms

follow succeed come after

Hyponyms

substitute displace oust usurp preempt deputize

Derivatives

supplanted supplanting

Examples

Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left Source: Internet

the computer has supplanted the slide rule Source: Internet

Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school Source: Internet

According to Huntington, conflicts between civilizations will supplant the conflicts between nation-states and ideologies that characterized the 19th and 20th centuries. Source: Internet

" Bahá'í pioneers ", rather than attempting to supplant the cultural underpinnings of the people in their adopted communities, are encouraged to integrate into the society and apply Bahá'í principles in living and working with their neighbors. Source: Internet

Antwerp City Hall (finished in 1564) Netherlands/Flanders main As in painting, Renaissance architecture took some time to reach the Netherlands and did not entirely supplant the Gothic elements. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

supping Suppire supplace supplantable supplantation supplanter