displace
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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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
Sense 3 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
Related & opposite
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
- relocate
- dislocate
- translate
- station
- raise up
- channel
- funnel
- brandish
- pull
- carry
- tug
- disarrange
- put
- mesh
- propel
- set in motion
- twine
- unwind
- wedge
- work
- disgorge
- spill
- unseat
- separate
- root out
- press down
- lift
- riffle
- work
- take back
- centre
- pump
- scan
- shake up
- dandle
- revolve
- push
- rock
- fluctuate
- pulse
- reposition
- glide
- stir
- play
- bowl over
- ship
- send
- transport
- saltate
- lower
- lift
- lift
- drop
- sink
- bring forward
- drive out
- shift
- displace
- herd
- circulate
- pass around
- rouse
- drive
- race
- whoosh
- pour
- slip
- exteriorize
- upstage
- swing
- turn over
- turn
- turn
- slide
- run
- whistle
- flap
- singsong
- hustle
- wash
- rake
- blow
- drag
- pull
- lateralize
- translate
- hit
- sling
- change hands
- transfer
- expel
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| 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 |