Meanings
present singular third person supplants · participle present supplanting · participle past supplanted · past supplanted · alternative obsolete supplaunt
- obsoletetransitiveTo uproot, to remove violently.
Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]Synonyms: uproot
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
verbTo uproot, to remove violently.
More synonyms by meaning
verbtake the place or move into the position of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsupplantō“trip up”
- Old Frenchsupplanter
- Middle Englishsupplanten
- Englishsupplant
From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).
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Bulgarian изме́ствам, избу́твам
- изме́ствам (izméstvam)to take the place of, to replace
- избу́твам (izbútvam)to take the place of, to replace
- изпъ́ждам (izpắždam)to remove violently
Dutch verdringen, vervangen
- verdringento take the place of, to replace
- vervangento take the place of, to replace
- opvolgento take the place of, to replace
Esperanto anstataŭi
- anstataŭito take the place of, to replace
Finnish korvata
- korvatato take the place of, to replace
French supplanter, détrôner
- supplanterto take the place of, to replace
- détrônerto remove violently
- déposerto remove violently
- dézinguerto remove violently
- renverserto remove violently
- éradiquerto remove violently
German verdrängen, ersetzen
- verdrängento take the place of, to replace
- ersetzento take the place of, to replace
- ausstechento take the place of, to replace
Greek υποσκελίζω
- υποσκελίζω (yposkelízo)to take the place of, to replace
Italian detronizzare, rovesciare
- detronizzareto remove violently
- rovesciareto remove violently
Māori rīwhi, whakakapi
- rīwhito take the place of, to replace
- whakakapito take the place of, to replace
Portuguese suplantar, substituir
- suplantarto take the place of, to replace
- substituirto take the place of, to replace
Romanian înlocui
- înlocuito take the place of, to replace
Russian вытесня́ть, выживать
- вытесня́ть (vytesnjátʹ)to take the place of, to replace
- выживать (vyživatʹ)to take the place of, to replace
- искорени́ть (iskorenítʹ)to remove violently
Spanish suplantar, destronar
- suplantarto take the place of, to replace
- destronarto remove violently
- derribarto remove violently
- derrocarto remove violently
Swedish ersätta, avlösa
- ersättato take the place of, to replace
- avlösato take the place of, to replace
- tränga undanto take the place of, to replace
Turkish yerine geçmek
- yerine geçmekto take the place of, to replace
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with supplant
Cite this entry
supplant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplant
“supplant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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