unseat

Meaning

1. (transitive) To dislodge or remove (someone) from a seat, especially on horseback.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To remove (someone) from an office or position, especially a political one; to dethrone.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To cause (something) to be removed or replaced in its role; to displace, to overturn.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To upset the composure of (someone); to astound, to shock, to unsettle.
5. (intransitive) To come off or out of a seat.

Opposite of

appoint, enthrone, empower, install, confirm, preserve

Synonyms

depose

unhorse

come down

degrade

destroy

dethrone

dislocate

dislocation

dislodge

dismiss

dismount

displace

displacement

drop

drop off

dump

fall

fall away

fall back

fall down

fall off

fall out

get rid of

go down

justification

overthrow

overturn

plump

remove

replacement

shift

shifting

slide

take off

throw

topple

translocation

transposition

turn down

unsaddle

vanquish

work off

aversion

lift off a seat

bring down

Translations

disarcionare

esonerare

absetzen

désarçonner

desarzonar

azletmek

εκτοπίζω από ίππον

renverser

vertun

muer

dépouiller

verscherzen

togliere

εκτοπίζω από κάθισμα

εκτοπίζω από αξίωμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːt/

Etymology

From un- (suffix meaning ‘not’) + seat (“to provide with a place to sit”).