Antonyms for supplant
səˈplænt, -ˈplɑntsup·plant

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1. supplantverb

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

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

   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.

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

   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

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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:
   remove, displace, supersede

How to use supplant in a sentence?

1. Marco Rubio:

   They are basically conducting an all-out assault to steal what we've already developed and use it as the baseline for their development so they can supplant us as the leader in the most important technologies of the 21st century.

2. 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.

3. Link Starbureiy:

   These are wargames: I plant my flag and supplant theirs.

4. 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.

5. Jim Pasco:

   Police aren't there to supplant the traditional and appropriate role of teachers.

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