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supplant

2 antonyms for supplant — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — To take over the position that something or someone else used to have.

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1. verb

To take over the position that something or someone else used to have.

“Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?”

2. verb

To pull something out or remove it by force.

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Etymology

Came into English via Middle English supplanten or supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) and planta (“sole”).

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