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- pronunciation:
- dIs
pleIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
displaces, displacing, displaced |
definition 1: |
to force out of a homeland or established place.
The war displaced thousands of families.- synonyms:
- eject, expel, relocate, uproot
- similar words:
- banish, evict, exile, oust, transfer
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definition 2: |
to move out of the customary or proper place.
I could see that things in my room had been displaced.- synonyms:
- move, remove
- antonyms:
- replace
- similar words:
- confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, relocate, shift, unsettle, upset
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definition 3: |
to take the place of.
Compact disks displaced cassette tapes.- synonyms:
- replace, succeed, supersede
- similar words:
- supplant
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definition 4: |
to force out of a position; oust.
The rebel government displaced the elected leadership.After years of winning the championship, our team was finally displaced.- synonyms:
- dislodge, eject, expel, oust, supplant
- antonyms:
- reinstate
- similar words:
- bounce, bump, cashier, depose, dismiss, purge, remove, unseat
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related words: |
deport, eject, misplace, remove |
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derivation: |
displacer (n.) |
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