displace
displace is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times.
- 2.To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
- 3.To dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- aside
- away
- banishment
- cart
- depart
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- dispel
- displacement
- displant
- draft
- eject
- ejectment
- element
- elocation
- empty
- exile
- fish
- homeless
- houseless
- its
- lade
- misplace
- misplacement
- off
- out
- place
- removal
- remove
- seclude
- set
- situation
- take
- the
- transfer
- transference
- transposition
- unharbored
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is displace.
- What is to crowd out; to take the place of. Holland displaced Portugal as the mistress of those seas. London Times called?
- What is to remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue called?
- What is to dislodge; to drive away; to banish. [Obs.] You have displaced the mirth. Shak called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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