displace

Meaning

1. To put out of place; to disarrange.
2. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
3. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
4. To replace, on account of being superior to or more suitable than that which is being replaced.
5. To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
6. To repress.

Synonyms

move

shift

dislocate

dislodge

replace

remove

force out

transfer

take turns

substitute for

supersede

crowd out

relocate

fire

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demote

take the place of

send away

terminate

sack

can

translocate

preempt

give notice

give the sack

dismiss

deport

out of position

disturb

give the axe

redeploy

supplant

expel

play

port

progress

propagate

put

put over

reassign

reconfigure

reposition

reschedule

submit

substitute

switch

take

take away

transfuse

transplant

transpose

Translations

déplacer

desplazar

spostare

verschieben

verdrängen

εκτοπίζω

desplaçar

reemplazar

deslocar

versetzen

verplaatsen

mover

verlagern

muovere

verdringen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈpleɪs/

Etymology

From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).