unseat
Remove from power
To unseat is to remove someone from a position of power or authority.
A challenger unseats an incumbent in an election; a scandal unseats a CEO.
The literal meaning—to throw a rider from a saddle—still appears in equestrian contexts: The horse reared and unseated her.
The figurative use dominates.
Remove from position
- deposeRemove from authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- toppleCause to fall
remove · displace · defeat · challenger · incumbent · election · ballot · campaign
Get off something ridden
- throwPropel by arm motion
- buckMale deer or dollar
- fallDescend under gravity
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
saddle · rider · horseback · stirrup · reins · gallop · trot · canter
Cause unease or anxiety
- disturbInterrupt or trouble
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
- disruptInterrupt and disorder
- unbalanceDisturb stability or composure
dislodge · displace · undermine · upend · overturn · shift · rock · tip
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- discomposeTo disturb calm
- rattleShaking sound maker
fluster · agitate · disorient · unsettle · disquiet · confound · startle · wrong-foot
oust
Remove from position
topple · remove · displace · defeat · challenger · incumbent · election · ballot · campaign · constituency
dismount
Get off something ridden
tumble · saddle · rider · horseback · stirrup · reins · gallop · trot · canter · bolting
unsettle
Cause unease or anxiety
unbalance · dislodge · displace · undermine · upend · overturn · shift · rock · tip · precarious
unnerve
Disturb someone's composure
- disconcertDisturb composure or poise
- perturbTo disturb deeply
- discomposeTo disturb calm
rattle · fluster · agitate · disorient · unsettle · disquiet · confound · startle · wrong-foot
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- dislodgeremove, shift, budge, loosen, detach