Synonyms for supplant
səˈplænt, -ˈplɑntsup·plant

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1. supplantverb

   To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

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   Synonyms:
   replace, supersede, take over, oust, dethrone

2. supplantverb

   To uproot, to remove violently.

   Synonyms:
   wrench, uproot

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1. supplant

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, suppress, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercedeverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   supervene upon, replace, supercede, exchange, put back, supersede, interchange, substitute

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1. supplantverb

   Synonyms:
   undermine, overthrow

2. supplantverb

   Synonyms:
   displace (by stratagem), replace, remove, supersede

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1. supplantverb

   Synonyms:
   remove, displace, supersede

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1. List of paraphrases for "supplant":

   impersonate, out-compete, replace, displace, supersede, override, outdo

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1. John Ratcliffe:

   I spent much of the last year saying China was our greatest national security threat by far, militarily, economically, technologically, that China – and China alone – is attempting to supplant the United States, but I, as you recall, received a lot of pushback on that because it wasn’t the political narrative the Left wanted.

2. Jessica Levinson:

   It might be great to say, ‘My favorite tennis star is voting for her.’ But those endorsement don’t supplant a well-run campaign and a message to voters that says, ‘This is what I want to do to make your lives better,’.

3. Philip Davidson:

   I worry that United States’re [ China ] accelerating United States ambitions to supplant the United States and our leadership role in the rules-based international order... by 2050.

4. Charles Baudelaire:

   If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thanks to the natural support it will find in the stupidity of the multitude. It must return to its real task, which is to be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.

5. Philip Davidson:

   I'm worried that they're accelerating their ambitions... to supplant the United States and our leadership role in the rules-based international order, which United States've long said that United States want to do that by 2050. I'm worried about them moving that target closer.