Library / English Dictionary

SUPPLANT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the place or move into the position of

Example:

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

Synonyms:

replace; supersede; supervene upon; supplant

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "supplant" is one way to...):

come after; follow; succeed (be the successor (of))

Verb group:

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

put back; replace (put something back where it belongs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "supplant"):

deputise; deputize; step in; substitute (act as a substitute)

displace; preempt (take the place of or have precedence over)

usurp (take the place of)

oust (remove and replace)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

supplanter (one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another)

supplanting (act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics)

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