Need another word that means the same as “displace”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “displace” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Displace” are: move, preempt, can, dismiss, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate, replace, take the place of, take over from, supplant, oust, supersede, succeed, override, dislodge, dislocate, upset, unsettle, shift, relocate, reposition, depose, unseat, dethrone, remove from office, remove, eject, expel, throw out, drive out, drum out
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “displace” as a verb can have the following definitions:
can | Preserve in a can or tin. There are many ways holidaymakers can take money abroad. |
depose | Remove from office suddenly and forcefully. He had been deposed by a military coup. |
dethrone | Remove a monarch from the throne. If the King does not abdicate he will have to be dethroned. |
dislocate | Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship. He dislocated his shoulder in training. |
dislodge | Remove from a position of power or authority. The hoofs of their horses dislodged loose stones. |
dismiss | Bar from attention or consideration. I was dismissed after I gave my report. |
drive out | Excavate horizontally. |
drum out | Play a percussion instrument. |
eject | Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He ejected the spent cartridge. |
expel | Cause to flee. She was expelled from school. |
fire | Destroy by fire. The soldiers were fired. |
force out | Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably. |
give notice | Be flexible under stress of physical force. |
give the axe | Afford access to. |
give the sack | Deliver in exchange or recompense. |
move | Change location move travel or proceed also metaphorically. Aircraft design had moved forward a long way. |
oust | Deprive of or exclude from possession of something. The word processor has ousted the typewriter. |
override | Prevail over. The external rendering should not override the damp proof membrane. |
preempt | Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge. Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor. |
relocate | Move or establish in a new location. Our company relocated to the Midwest. |
remove | Remove from a position or an office. Remove a wrapper. |
remove from office | Go away or leave. |
replace | Take the place of. Mary replaced Susan as the team s captain and the highest ranked player in the school. |
reposition | Change place or direction. We are trying to reposition the brand with a premium image. |
sack | Put in a sack. Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot. |
send away | Transfer. |
shift | Make a shift in or exchange of. He shifted in his seat. |
succeed | Come after and take the place of. He would succeed Hawke as Prime Minister. |
supersede | Take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant. The older models of car have now been superseded. |
supplant | Supersede and replace. Domestic production has been supplanted by imports and jobs have been lost. |
take over from | Be designed to hold or take. |
take the place of | Proceed along in a vehicle. |
terminate | Terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position. Adamson s putting pressure on me to terminate you. |
throw out | Place or put with great energy. |
unseat | Remove from political office. Rawhide unseated Kevin Bradley at the first fence. |
unsettle | Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb. The crisis has unsettled financial markets. |
upset | Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried. The accusation upset her. |
agent | Any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau. Speak to your letting agent about refurbishing the property. |
alternate | Of leaves or shoots placed alternately on the two sides of the stem. Alternate bouts of intense labour and of idleness. |
alternating | Occurring by turns; first one and then the other. Alternating feelings of love and hate. |
alternative | One of two or more available possibilities. There is no other alternative. |
alternatively | In place of, or as an alternative to. Alternatively you may telephone us direct if you wish. |
bump | In a race gain a bump against. A nasty bump on the head. |
deputy | A parliamentary representative in certain countries. His deputy has been largely running the business for the past year. |
exchange | Exchange or replace with another usually of the same kind or category. They had a bitter exchange. |
fungible | Of goods or commodities; freely exchangeable for or replaceable by another of like nature or kind in the satisfaction of an obligation. It is by no means the world s only fungible commodity. |
indirect | (of lighting) from a concealed source and diffusely reflected. Known as a shady indirect fellow. |
instead | In place of, or as an alternative to. Walk to work instead of going by car. |
interchange | The action of interchanging people or things. There was an interchange of prisoners. |
permanently | In a way that lasts or continues without interruption; continually. His lungs are permanently damaged. |
permutation | An event in which one thing is substituted for another. The permutations taking place in the physical world. |
preempt | Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge. Live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour. |
proxy | A document authorizing a person to vote on another’s behalf. Britons overseas may register to vote by proxy. |
replace | Put something back where it belongs. He drained his glass and replaced it on the bar. |
replacement | A person or thing that takes or can take the place of another. The replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood. |
reversal | An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. The champions suffered a League reversal at Gloucester last month. |
substitute | Act as a substitute. The skim milk substitutes for cream we are on a strict diet. |
substitution | The action of replacing someone or something with another person or thing. A tactical substitution. |
successor | A person or thing that succeeds another. He was President Lincoln s successor. |
supercede | Take the place or move into the position of. |
supersede | Take the place or move into the position of. The older models of car have now been superseded. |
supplant | Take the place or move into the position of. The computer has supplanted the slide rule. |
surrogate | Denoting a child to whom a woman gives birth as a surrogate mother. Paperwork that will allow them to move forward with the surrogate process. |
temporarily | For a limited period of time; not permanently. Symptoms may disappear temporarily. |
transpose | Transfer to a different place or context. A sequence of French tales transposed into English. |
transposition | A rearrangement of the relative positions of power lines in order to minimize the effects of mutual capacitance and inductance. He wrote a textbook on the electrical effects of transposition. |
vicarious | Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. Vicarious menstruation. |
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