supplants
Pushes out, replaces
Supplants is the third-person singular of supplant, meaning to take the place of something or someone, often by force or scheming.
The word carries a sense of displacement rather than simple replacement—what's supplanted doesn't just step aside but is pushed out: Digital streaming has supplanted physical media.
The new CEO supplanted his predecessor after a boardroom coup.
Forcibly removes from power
- deposesRemoves from authority
- usurpsSeizes authority illegally
- oustsForcibly removes from position
- dethronesRemoves from sovereignty
topples · unseats · coups · removes · expels · exiles · banishes · ejects
Takes the place of
- supersedesReplaces by authority
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- succeedsAccomplishes a goal
- substitutesReplacements for originals
ousts · usurps · overthrows · takes over · exchanges · swaps · switches · trades
Improved replacement versions
- updatesNewly provided information
- modernizesMakes new again
- obsoletesCauses to become outdated
- outmodesMakes no longer fashionable
replaces · innovates · advances · improves · revolutionizes · transforms · digitizes · automates
Tissue or shoot transfers
- transplantsSurgical tissue transfers
- regeneratesReforms lost parts
- replacesTakes the place of
- renewsMakes valid again
regrows · succeeds · colonizes · invades · dominates · outcompetes · overruns · spreads
overthrows
Forcibly removes from power
dethrones · topples · unseats · coups · removes · expels · exiles · banishes · ejects · dispossesses
replaces
Takes the place of
- supersedesReplaces by authority
- displacesRemoves from usual place
- succeedsAccomplishes a goal
substitutes · ousts · usurps · overthrows · takes over · exchanges · swaps · switches · trades · alternates
upgrades
Improved replacement versions
- updatesNewly provided information
- modernizesMakes new again
- obsoletesCauses to become outdated
outmodes · replaces · innovates · advances · improves · revolutionizes · transforms · digitizes · automates · streamlines
grafts
Tissue or shoot transfers
- transplantsSurgical tissue transfers
- regeneratesReforms lost parts
- replacesTakes the place of
renews · regrows · succeeds · colonizes · invades · dominates · outcompetes · overruns · spreads · propagates
supplantsestablishes
Creates or sets up
originates · inaugurates · installs · introduces · founds