displaced
Pushed from place
Displaced describes something moved from its proper or usual position.
A displaced vertebra has shifted out of alignment.
More commonly, it refers to people forced from their homes by war, disaster, or persecution: millions of displaced refugees, displaced families seeking shelter.
To feel displaced is to feel out of place or unsettled: She felt displaced after moving to the new city.
Moved to new location
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- movedChanged location or felt
- transplantedMoved from original location
- resettledMoved to live elsewhere
migrated · evacuated · expelled · exiled · deported · banished · refugee · asylum
Removed from foundation
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- adriftFloating without control
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
unmoored · destabilized · disconnected · estranged · homesick · lost · liminal · marginalized
Moved to live elsewhere
- transferredMoved to new location
- movedChanged location or felt
- reassignedAllocated to different duties
- repositionedPlaced differently than before
rehoused · evicted · uprooted · removed · cleared · expelled · gentrified · rezoned
Shelter from persecution
- exileBanishment from homeland
- statelessWithout national belonging
- evacueeOne moved from danger
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
persecution · conflict · humanitarian · camp · sanctuary · border · resettlement · repatriation
Made distant or hostile
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
- unmooredReleased from anchorage
adrift · unsettled · disoriented · marginalized · othered · belonging
Replaced by something newer
- supplantedDisplaced by another
- oustedRemoved from position
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
- dethronedRemoved from power
succeeded · overtaken · substituted · bumped · sidelined · benched · demoted · redundant
Displaced by another
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- oustedRemoved from position
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
dethroned · succeeded · substituted · bumped · edged out · overthrown · unseated
Changed place or position
- dislodgedMoved from fixed position
- movedChanged location or felt
- repositionedPlaced differently than before
- misalignedNot properly positioned
offset · jarred · knocked · pushed aside · shunted
relocated
Moved to new location
- uprootedRemoved from foundation
- movedChanged location or felt
- transplantedMoved from original location
resettled · migrated · evacuated · expelled · exiled · deported · banished · refugee · asylum · homeless
uprooted
Removed from foundation
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- adriftFloating without control
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
rootless · unmoored · destabilized · disconnected · estranged · homesick · lost · liminal · marginalized · othered
resettled
Moved to live elsewhere
- transferredMoved to new location
- movedChanged location or felt
- reassignedAllocated to different duties
repositioned · rehoused · evicted · uprooted · removed · cleared · expelled · gentrified · rezoned · redeveloped
asylum
Shelter from persecution
flee · persecution · conflict · humanitarian · camp · sanctuary · border · resettlement · repatriation · deportee
alienated
Made distant or hostile
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- rootlessHaving no stable foundation
unmoored · adrift · unsettled · disoriented · marginalized · othered · belonging
superseded
Replaced by something newer
- supplantedDisplaced by another
- oustedRemoved from position
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
dethroned · succeeded · overtaken · substituted · bumped · sidelined · benched · demoted · redundant · obsolete
supplanted
Displaced by another
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- oustedRemoved from position
usurped · dethroned · succeeded · substituted · bumped · edged out · overthrown · unseated
shifted
Changed place or position
- dislodgedMoved from fixed position
- movedChanged location or felt
- repositionedPlaced differently than before
misaligned · offset · jarred · knocked · pushed aside · shunted
- sidelinedbenched, shelved, sidetracked, put on hold, on hold
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- whereaboutshere, there, away, home, nearby
- Moving Statusrelocating, relocated, moving, moved, in transit
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
displacedin place
Correctly positioned
stationary · fixed · unmoved · in situ · undisplaced
displacedsettled
No longer in question
rooted · established · anchored · at home · grounded
displacedreinstated
Returned to previous position
restored · reestablished · retained · replaced · returned
- displaced personsPeople forced from home
- displaced peopleThose forced from homes
- water displacementVolume of liquid moved aside
- displaced families
- displaced workersThose who lost positions
- native displacementForcing indigenous people elsewhere
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