supplanted

[suh-plan-tid] / səˈplæn tɪd /

VERB

displace, replace

Synonyms

STRONGEST

overthrow succeed supersede undermine unseat usurp

STRONG

bounce crowd eject expel force oust remove ring substitute transfer

WEAK

back up cast out cut out fill in force out front for outplace ring in sit in stand in swap places with take out take over take the place of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

give in surrender

STRONG

allow hold keep permit take in

Example Sentences

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The rise of AI has initiated the latest round of anxiety that workers might be supplanted by machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The war even seems to have supplanted the rise of artificial intelligence as Wall Street’s top cause for concern.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

His love of baseball has been supplanted by the Sport of Kings.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

But from the internal perspective of the law, it is striking that many of these early-stage orders have either reversed or supplanted factual findings of lower courts.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2025

Soon other traders began to call Mollie’s father Jimmy, and before long it had supplanted his Osage name.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann