All displace synonyms
disΒ·place
D d verb displace
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- lose β to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
- uproot β to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles.
- transport β to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- mislay β to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
- unsettle β to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- transpose β to change the relative position, order, or sequence of; cause to change places; interchange: to transpose the third and fourth letters of a word.
- misplace β to put in a wrong place.
- dislodge β to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
- relegate β to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
- change β If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- dispossess β to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- dislocate β to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- disestablish β to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
- depose β If a ruler or political leader is deposed, they are forced to give up their position.
- sack β a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- replace β to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- supplant β to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
- fire β combustion
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- cashier β A cashier is a person who customers pay money to or get money from in places such as shops or banks.
- succeed β to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- usurp β to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- deport β If a government deports someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- banish β If someone or something is banished from a place or area of activity, they are sent away from it and prevented from entering it.
- oust β to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- supersede β to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- remove β to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
- can β You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- dethrone β If a king, queen, or other powerful person is dethroned, they are removed from their position of power.
- unmake β to cause to be as if never made; reduce to the original elements or condition; undo; destroy.
- displant β to dislodge.
- cut out β If you cut something out, you remove or separate it from what surrounds it using scissors or a knife.
- discrown β to deprive of a crown; dethrone; depose.
- disenthrone β to dethrone.
- take over β the act of taking.
- uncrown β to deprive or divest of a crown.
- relocate β to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- transfer β to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.