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• past participle of supplant.
• past tense form of supplant.

supplanted

American  

[suh-plan-tid] / səˈplæn tɪd /

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.

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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

Etymology

Origin of supplanted

supplant ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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supplanted

Framed this way, mathematicians are not in a race against A.I.s, waiting for the dreaded Kasparov moment when we become supplanted.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

Those nominations numbers continued the shift that has been taking place the last several years as Cannes has supplanted the fall film festivals as the event with the most sway at the Academy Awards.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

New Jersey was once a favorite legal home for corporations, but Delaware supplanted it by establishing specialized business courts and legal rules that protect corporate directors and officers from frivolous lawsuits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Today, wood gatherers have supplanted the usual walkers.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

He was one of the gods who’d supplanted Athena as a war deity.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Related Words

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