Meanings
plural supplanters
- Someone or something that supplants.
Selfishness is indeed the supplanter of God in the soul.
1906, James H. McConkey, “Jacob's Struggle”, in China's Millions, page 131 more example
What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.
1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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supplanter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplanter
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