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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Just as the smartphone supplanted PCs as people’s main computing device, someday something will replace it.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

Like every other detail here, that implicit complaint is dusty and ossified, and Mr. Williamson’s formerly wised-up dialogue has been supplanted by a grinding earnestness, with everyone constantly asking about one another’s feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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

The modal sound did not disappear completely after it had been supplanted by the major and minor keys.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall