supplantverb [ T ]
uk/səˈplɑːnt/us/səˈplænt/formalto replace:
Printed books will soon be supplanted by e-books.
Small children can often feel supplanted in their parents' affections (= that their parents no longer like them as much) when a new brother or sister is born.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- represent
- reserve
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- swap
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