Displace

/dɪsˈpleɪs/

Synonyms for "displace" (251 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Verb(11 words)

move budge bumped can depopulate depopulated depopulates derail derails deranges dethrones

Noun(9 words)

abducting bumping bumps cannibalizing couching crowd depopulating derailing dethroning

act forattend banish boot bounce break bump bust cancarry awaycarry offcart awaycashiercast outchange places withcome aftercrowd outcut offcut outdeconsecrate

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defrock degrade delocalize demote deplume deport depose deprive dethrone disarrange

Adjective(1 words)

careless shove

Strong matches (75)

disarticulate disbar discharge discrown disemploy disenthrone disjoint dislocate dislodge dismiss disorder displume disturb doubledouble fordowngradedrum outeject emanate ensue

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evict exchange excommunicate exile expatriate expelfill infill in forfire followfollow afterfollow upfurlough ghost ghostwritegive the axgive the gatego afterissue kickkick outkick upstairslaglay asidelay offlet golet outliquidate lose luxate

Verb(19 words)

dislocates dislocating dislodge dislodged dismiss disrupts disturbs evacuated evict evicted exile expel faulted fireforce outgentrifygive noticegive the axegive the sack

Noun(5 words)

dispossessed forceforced relocationitalian muoverejostles

Adjective(1 words)

irregular layout

Related words (125)

make redundantmanhandle misplace move ostracize oust overtake overthrow pensionpension offpinch hitpinch-hit purgeput asideread out ofrelease relegate relieve relocate remove

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remove from officereplace represent result retirerun outsack sendseparate forciblyset asideshift shunt side spellspell offstand in forstripstrip of officestrip of ranksub subrogatesubstitute forsucceed superannuate supersede supervene supplant surplus suspendswap places withtake awaythrow outtrack trail transfer transplant transportturn offturn outunchurch uncrown understudyunderstudy forunfrock unhinge unjoint unmake unsaddle unseat unsettle unthrone uproot usurp

Verb(36 words)

misalign misplaced moveste obsoletes ousts overrule preempt preempted preemptspush offredisplace removed replace sack saggedsend awaysheared shift shoveled shunted

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substitute substituted supercede superseded supersedes supplant supplanted supplants terminate translated unfrocked unhorseunseat a leaderuproot uprooted uproots

Noun(15 words)

motion mouvoirs shears shovels spall superssuperseded textsuperseding supplantingto give waytranslatingtransported rockunseating uprooting washes

Adjective(1 words)

relieved

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

alter change modify move remove replace supersedesupervene uponsupplant

More specific

7 entries

dislodge evict exile expel replace shift supplant

Collocations

5 entries

displace peopledisplace residentsdisplaced persondisplaced workerspopulation displacement

Inflections

3 entries

displaced displaces displacing

Derivations

4 entries

displaced displacement displacer displacive

similar

4 entries

go locomote move travel

Sample sentences

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The growing power of the new mercantile aristocracy was beginning to displace the medieval nobility's control.

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What language, if any, will displace English as the world's lingua franca?

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Whether AI will displace more highly skilled workers in the same way robots have replaced lower-skilled workers is hard to predict.

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This technology will undoubtedly displace millions of jobs.

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