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Synonyms for displace
dɪsˈpleɪsdis·place
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
displace
Objects are displaced when moved out of the place they have occupied; they are misplaced when put into a place where they should not be. One may know where to find what he has misplaced; what he has mislaid he can not locate.
Synonyms:
confuse, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disturb, jumble, mislay, misplace, remove, unsettleAntonyms:
adjust, array, assort, classify, dispose, group, order, place, put in order, put in place, set in order, sort
Princeton's WordNet
displaceverb
cause to move, usually with force or pressure
"the refugees were displaced by the war"
Synonyms:
terminate, move, give the axe, fire, sack, preempt, can, dismiss, give notice, send away, give the sack, force outpreempt, displaceverb
take the place of or have precedence over
"live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
Synonyms:
terminate, move, give the axe, fire, sack, preempt, can, dismiss, give notice, send away, give the sack, force outdisplace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateverb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Synonyms:
throw out, kindle, notify, depose, advise, gouge, go off, give the axe, burn, tin, can, apprize, rout out, plunder, enkindle, give the sack, put up, sack, end, give the bounce, evict, elicit, discount, finish, move, fire, stop, arouse, drive out, crowd out, brush off, squeeze out, give notice, open fire, usher out, send packing, send word, apprise, dissolve, push aside, dismiss, give the gate, raise, clear, ignore, provoke, sack up, burn down, cease, squirt, rouse, brush aside, discharge, evoke, fuel, force out, preempt, eject, terminate, disregard, drop, send away, netmove, displaceverb
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
"Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Synonyms:
go, send away, be active, actuate, make a motion, locomote, strike, prompt, can, give notice, sack, move, propel, give the sack, motivate, force out, dismiss, impress, affect, run, proceed, preempt, act, incite, terminate, travel, give the axe, fire
Dictionary of English Synonymes
displaceverb
Synonyms:
remove, dislodge, put out of place, change the place ofdisplaceverb
Synonyms:
depose, oust, dismiss, discharge, cashier, eject from office
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
displaceverb
Synonyms:
remove, disarrange, supplant, supersede
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "displace":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#34 | can | |
#123 | go | |
#220 | travel | |
#317 | end | |
#552 | act | |
#672 | run | |
#674 | net | |
#907 | clear | |
#960 | fire | |
#975 | discount | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1142 | move | |
#1651 | remove | |
#2063 | fuel | |
#2158 | drop | |
#2674 | finish | |
#3140 | affect | |
#3265 | notify | |
#3368 | replace | |
#3551 | raise | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4719 | ignore | |
#4915 | burn | |
#5628 | proceed | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#5873 | tin | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#7096 | advise | |
#8785 | squirt | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#11444 | cease | |
#13205 | misplace | |
#15199 | sack | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#16236 | impress | |
#18233 | motivate | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#22476 | dissolve | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#27307 | eject | |
#29479 | elicit | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#32152 | jumble | |
#33849 | actuate | |
#33969 | propel | |
#37254 | plunder | |
#40027 | displace | |
#42683 | incite | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#50415 | preempt | |
#55344 | supplant | |
#60356 | gouge | |
#64991 | evict | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#77208 | dislodge | |
#89649 | depose | |
#107060 | apprise | |
#161066 | unsettle |
How to use displace in a sentence?
Unfortunately, loopholes in the program have allowed a small handful of employers to game the system to displace American workers, and crowd out others who legitimately need the limited slots ... to recruit individuals with unique skill sets not available here at home.
I think that they don't want us in Nooksack at all — they just want to displace us from our traditional homelands as a whole, i grew up with these people and even though I may not be blood related to a lot of the people on the opposing side, we all considered each other family.
The purpose of legal immigration should be to grow the economy, not displace American workers, under no circumstances should legal immigration levels be adjusted upwards so long as work-force participation rates remain below historical levels.
People trying to build projects that bring North American crude oil to displace imports at California refineries now have another thing they have to deal with.
Today I would say it is going to be really hard to displace Elizabeth Warren, elizabeth Warren has not had a meteoric rise, Elizabeth Warren has had a slow and steady rise. Elizabeth Warren's got a big organization and they are smart and they are doing stuff all over.
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