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- pronunciation:
- s
plaent
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
supplants, supplanting, supplanted |
| definition: |
to replace (someone or something) esp. by dishonest or forceful means.
The treacherous informer supplanted the king's honest advisors.- synonyms:
- displace, replace, supersede
- similar words:
- depose, oust, relieve, succeed, unseat, unthrone
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| related words: |
displace, overthrow, replace, substitute |
adverb + (v.)supplant
briefly, completely, effectively, eventually, gradually, increasingly, largely, necessarily, partially, rapidly, slowly, ultimately
(v.)supplant
+ adverb
altogether, rather
(v.)supplant
+ noun
agenda, bather, core, curriculum, elite, farming, funding, grass, illusion, media, motion, notion, politics, reality, religion, requirement, structure, thinking
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| derivations: |
supplantation (n.), supplanter (n.) |
The word supplant
contains the following part:
sup-
Latin
prefix
that means under, below
  More about this word part:
The prefix sup-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of sub- used before roots that begin with "p," such as "port." See sub-
Example words:
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