supplanted

[suh-plan-tid]

adjective

1. having been replaced or taken over by someone or something else.

   A few months later, in the midnight secrecy of a remote castle, the supplanted monarch met his untimely end.

   Having the latest gear is very, very cool, but buying the recently supplanted versions can save you a considerable amount of money.

noun

1. Usually the supplanted people or things that have been replaced.

   He took up with the peasantry's rebellion only to find that the supplanters were just as bad as the supplanted.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of supplant.

Other Word Forms

• unsupplanted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of supplanted¹

supplant ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

They may have been supplanted by digital job boards, but for much of the country’s history, they were one of the main sources to go to find work and workers.

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His love of baseball has been supplanted by the Sport of Kings.

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These monsters have supplanted coal generators as the workhorses of the U.S. power grid because they are more efficient, less polluting and more flexible.

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Overlooked by the Lions this summer and supplanted by Marcus Smith in England's first-choice XI, he seized his opportunity to impress.

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Ranking systems, performance metrics and austerity budgets have supplanted public investment, intellectual freedom and pedagogical citizenship.

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Related Words

• overthrow 
• succeed 
• supersede 
• undermine 
• unseat 
• usurp