Supplant

English

Verb

Supplant (third-person singular simple present Supplants, present participle Supplanting, simple past and past participle Supplanted)

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.

Thesaurus

act for, bounce, cast out, crowd out, cut out, dismiss, displace, double for, eject, exchange, expel, fill in for, force out, ghost, ghostwrite, oust, pinch-hit, relieve, remove, replace, represent, spell, spell off, stand in for, step, substitute, substitute for, succeed, supersede, swap places with, turn out, understudy for, unseat, usurp

Synonyms

• (replace): dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
• (remove violently): uproot, wrench out

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: səpläntʹ, IPA: /səˈplɑːnt/, SAMPA: /s@"plA:nt/

  Rhymes: -ɑːnt

• (US) enPR: səplăntʹ, IPA: /səˈplænt/, SAMPA: /s@"pl{nt/