supplant

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: səpläntʹ, IPA: /səˈplɑːnt/
• (America, CA, Northern England) enPR: səplăntʹ, IPA: /səˈplænt/

Verb

supplant (supplants, present participle supplanting; past and past participle supplanted)

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 2

     Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

Synonyms

• (replace) dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
• (remove violently) uproot, wrench out

Translations

• French: supplanter
• German: verdrängen, ersetzen, ausstechen
• Portuguese: suplantar, substituir
• Russian: вытесня́ть
• Spanish: suplantar

Translations

• French: détrôner, déposer, dézinguer, renverser, éradiquer
• Italian: detronizzare, rovesciare
• Russian: искорени́ть
• Spanish: destronar, derribar, derrocar

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