supplanted
Took their place
Supplanted is the past tense of supplant, meaning to take the place of something or someone, usually by force or superior merit.
What's supplanted has been displaced or replaced: The old technology was supplanted by newer systems.
The word often implies the replacement was unwelcome to whatever got pushed aside: She feared being supplanted by a younger rival.
Put in place of
- succeededAchieved desired outcome
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- swappedExchanged mutually
exchanged · switched · traded · interchanged · converted · updated · upgraded · modernized
Ousted from authority
- dethronedRemoved from power
- deposedRemoved from authority
- unseatedRemoved from position
- toppledCaused to fall
ousted · removed · dispossessed · subverted · overpowered · conquered · vanquished · subjugated
substituted
Put in place of
- succeededAchieved desired outcome
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
swapped · exchanged · switched · traded · interchanged · converted · updated · upgraded · modernized · overhauled
overthrown
Ousted from authority
toppled · ousted · removed · dispossessed · subverted · overpowered · conquered · vanquished · subjugated · annexed
antiquated
Old and outdated
old-fashioned · dated · bygone · defunct · extinct · abandoned · discarded · forgotten · neglected · deprecated
supplantedretained
Continued to hold
maintained · reinforced · restored · entrenched · reinstated