supplant

[ suh-plant, -plahnt ]

verb (used with object)

1. to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.

   Synonyms: succeed, remove

2. to replace (one thing) by something else.

supplant

/ ˌsʌplɑːnˈteɪʃən; səˈplɑːnt /

verb

1. tr to take the place of, often by trickery or force

   he easily supplanted his rival

Derived Forms

• supplantation, noun
• supˈplanter, noun

Other Words From

• sup·plan·ta·tion [suhp-l, uh, n-, tey, -sh, uh, n], noun
• sup·plant·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplant¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English supplanten, from Latin supplantāre “to trip up, overthrow”; sup-, plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplant¹

C13: via Old French from Latin supplantāre to trip up, from sub- from below + planta sole of the foot

Synonym Study

See replace.

Example Sentences

Since then, however, fentanyl supplies been restored, almost completely supplanting any remaining heroin demand.

From Salon

In other words, the program was in the red from the start; had it not been supplanted by Obamacare, it surely would have experienced rising deficits requiring a revision.

From Los Angeles Times

Americans would remember it as the “Great Depression” until the 1930s economic reversal supplanted it in the economic lexicon.

From Los Angeles Times

Questions of what people own, and control are increasingly supplanted by questions of who or what people are, replacing clashes of classes with the collaging of identities and morals.

From Salon

It was at the time the largest penalty the Commission had ever imposed - though it has since been supplanted by a €4.3bn fine, also against Google.

From BBC

Related Words

• overthrow
• succeed
• supersede
• undermine
• unseat
• usurp