displace
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to move, usually with force or pressure
the refugees were displaced by the war
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
take the place of or have precedence over
live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
Types & categories
- supplant hypernym
Sense 3 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Move those boxes into the corner, please
Types & categories
- mobilize hyponym
- relocate hyponym
- dislocate hyponym
- translate hyponym
- station hyponym
- raise up hyponym
- channel hyponym
- funnel hyponym
- brandish hyponym
- pull hyponym
- carry hyponym
- tug hyponym
- disarrange hyponym
- put hyponym
- mesh hyponym
- propel hyponym
- set in motion hyponym
- twine hyponym
- unwind hyponym
- wedge hyponym
- work hyponym
- disgorge hyponym
- spill hyponym
- unseat hyponym
- separate hyponym
- root out hyponym
- press down hyponym
- lift hyponym
- riffle hyponym
- work hyponym
- take back hyponym
- centre hyponym
- pump hyponym
- scan hyponym
- shake up hyponym
- dandle hyponym
- revolve hyponym
- push hyponym
- rock hyponym
- fluctuate hyponym
- pulse hyponym
- reposition hyponym
- glide hyponym
- stir hyponym
- play hyponym
- bowl over hyponym
- ship hyponym
- send hyponym
- transport hyponym
- saltate hyponym
- lower hyponym
- lift hyponym
- lift hyponym
- drop hyponym
- sink hyponym
- bring forward hyponym
- drive out hyponym
- shift hyponym
- displace hyponym
- herd hyponym
- circulate hyponym
- pass around hyponym
- rouse hyponym
- drive hyponym
- race hyponym
- whoosh hyponym
- pour hyponym
- slip hyponym
- exteriorize hyponym
- upstage hyponym
- swing hyponym
- turn over hyponym
- turn hyponym
- turn hyponym
- slide hyponym
- run hyponym
- whistle hyponym
- flap hyponym
- singsong hyponym
- hustle hyponym
- wash hyponym
- rake hyponym
- blow hyponym
- drag hyponym
- pull hyponym
- lateralize hyponym
- translate hyponym
- hit hyponym
- sling hyponym
- change hands hyponym
- transfer hyponym
- expel hyponym
Related & opposite
- move causes
- movement derivation
- movement derivation
- public mover derivation
- mover derivation
- transferable derivation
- movable derivation
- move verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislocate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislodge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transplant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowd out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evacuate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uproot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supplant |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | move |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | movement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | movement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | public mover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mover |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | transferable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | movable |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | move |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mobilize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | relocate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dislocate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | translate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | station |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | raise up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | channel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | funnel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | brandish |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | tug |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disarrange |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | put |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mesh |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | propel |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | set in motion |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | twine |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unwind |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | disgorge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spill |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | unseat |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | separate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | root out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | press down |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | riffle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | work |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | take back |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | centre |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pump |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scan |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shake up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dandle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | revolve |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | push |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rock |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluctuate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pulse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | reposition |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | glide |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stir |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | play |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowl over |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ship |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | send |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transport |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | saltate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lower |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sink |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bring forward |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | shift |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | displace |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | herd |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | circulate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pass around |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rouse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | race |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | whoosh |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pour |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | exteriorize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | upstage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | swing |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn over |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | turn |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slide |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | run |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | whistle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flap |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | singsong |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hustle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rake |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | blow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | drag |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | lateralize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | translate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | change hands |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | transfer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | expel |