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

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supplanted

The survey shows that fears about surging borrowing costs have even supplanted worries about the AI trade possibly turning into a bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Those nominations numbers continued the shift that has been taking place the last several years as Cannes has supplanted the fall film festivals as the event with the most sway at the Academy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

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

José Arcadio Segundo, who took a long time to discover that he had been supplanted, was unable to understand his brother's passion.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez