| supplant | | |
| v. (social) | 1. replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon, supplant | 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" |
| ~ replace | substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected).; "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced" |
| ~ put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
| ~ deputise, deputize, step in, substitute | act as a substitute.; "She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold" |
| ~ displace, preempt | 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" |
| ~ usurp | take the place of.; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke" |
| ~ oust | remove and replace.; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter" |
| ~ come after, succeed, follow | be the successor (of).; "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" |
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