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

He has this terrible feeling of helplessness that is eventually supplanted by this terrible feeling of power that he’s unable to manage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Its owner, the Pennsylvania Railroad, declined as air travel and highways supplanted intercity train travel in America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The agents sped past the old trails that cowboys had once followed—trails that were now supplanted by cattle cars pulled by shrieking locomotives.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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