DISPLACEMENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISPLACEMENT?

Need another word that means the same as “displacement”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “displacement” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Displacement” are: supplanting, translation, deracination, shift, displacement reaction, removal, debarment, dismissal, exclusion, discharge, ejection, rejection

Displacement as a Noun

Definitions of "Displacement" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “displacement” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
• An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
• The flux density of such an electric field.
• The unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from one object to another.
• The removal of someone or something by someone or something else which takes their place.
• The component of an electric field due to free separated charges, regardless of any polarizing effects.
• To move something from its natural environment.
• Act of removing from office or employment.
• A reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
• A defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
• The enforced departure of people from their homes, typically because of war, persecution, or natural disaster.
• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one.
• The vector representing such a component.
• The act of uniform movement.
• (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound.
• The action of moving something from its place or position.
• The amount by which a thing is moved from a position.
• The occupation by a submerged body or part of a body of a volume which would otherwise be occupied by a fluid.
• The volume swept by a reciprocating system, as in a pump or engine.
• The volume or weight of fluid that would fill the volume displaced by a floating ship, used as a measure of the ship's size.

Synonyms of "Displacement" as a noun (12 Words)

debarment	The state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices. They achieved his debarment from holding public office.
deracination	To move something from its natural environment.
discharge	A substance that has been discharged. A police permit for discharge of an air gun.
dismissal	The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave. The dismissal of a batsman.
displacement reaction	Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
ejection	The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. The ejection of troublemakers by the police.
exclusion	An item or eventuality specifically not covered by an insurance policy or other contract. He had a hand in my exclusion from the committee.
rejection	(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign. His proposals were met with rejection.
removal	The action of taking away or abolishing something unwanted. He had surgery for the removal of a malignancy.
shift	The group of people who work during a particular shift. A shift in public opinion.
supplanting	Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
translation	A transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same. A photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two dimensional surface.

Usage Examples of "Displacement" as a noun

• The displacement of farmers by guerrilla activity.
• A displacement of 6.8 metres along the San Andreas fault.
• Males may be able to resist displacement by other males.
• Vertical displacement of the shoreline.
• A fixed displacement gear.
• A displacement of the vertebra at the bottom of the spine.
• The submarine has a surface displacement of 2,185 tons.
• This phobia was linked with the displacement of fear of his father.

Associations of "Displacement" (30 Words)

ache	Feel an intense desire for. My legs ached from the previous day s exercise.
ambulate	Walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking. People who make use of crutches to ambulate.
bungee	Perform a bungee jump. He bungeed 111 metres from the bridge over the Victoria Falls.
convulsion	A violent social or political upheaval. Toxic side effects like convulsions.
fickle	Liable to sudden unpredictable change. Celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public.
fidget	A person who fidgets. The child is always fidgeting in his seat.
hop	A hopping movement. Ex soldiers looking for work hopped freights heading west.
hurdle	Jump over a hurdle or other obstacle while running. A maze of individual hurdled pens.
impact	A forceful consequence; a strong effect. The book had an important impact on my thinking.
jolt	Disturb (someone’s) composure. A surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards.
jump	Of an athlete or horse perform in a competition involving jumping over obstacles. I jumped his saloon from my car s battery.
leap	Move forward by leaps and bounds. Leap into fame.
move	Have a turn make one s move in a game. She deftly moved the conversation to safer territory.
puissance	Great power, influence, or prowess. The puissance of the labor vote.
replace	Take the place or move into the position of. Ian s smile was replaced by a frown.
shift	The key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower case letters to upper case letters. You have to shift when you go down a steep hill.
shifting	Changing position or direction. He drifted into the shifting crowd.
skip	A light bouncing step a skipping movement. She began to skip down the path.
spasm	Experience sudden involuntary muscular contractions; twitch convulsively. My body spasmed violently.
spring	Move rapidly or suddenly from a constrained position by or as if by the action of a spring. The well is fed by mountain springs.
startle	Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. She startled when I walked into the room.
substitute	Be a substitute. Stewart was the Rovers substitute.
supplant	Supersede and replace. The computer has supplanted the slide rule.
twitch	Use a twitch to subdue a horse. The dog twitched his ears.
unsettled	Not yet settled. She felt edgy and unsettled.
unstable	Likely to change or fail; not firmly established. Sensitive and highly unstable compounds.
unsteady	Subject to change or variation. Nathan pushed the mug into her unsteady hand.
variable	The region of light variable winds to the north of the north east trade winds or in the southern hemisphere between the south east trade winds and the westerlies. A variable capacitor.
walking	The act of traveling by foot. Walking is a healthy form of exercise.