'Supplant' definitions:
Definition of 'supplant'
(from WordNet)
verb
Take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school" [syn: supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede]
Definition of 'Supplant'
From: GCIDE
- Supplant \Sup*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] [F. supplanter, L. supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, a sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n.]
- 1. To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. [1913 Webster]
- Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. --Bp. Fell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
- You never will supplant the received ideas of God. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else. [PJC]
- Syn: To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'supplant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act for,
- bounce,
- cast out,
- change places with,
- 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,
- subrogate,
- substitute,
- substitute for,
- succeed,
- supersede,
- swap places with,
- turn out,
- understudy for,
- unseat,
- usurp