verb
- to take the place of someone or something, especially by force or through scheming
Usage: formal
Examples
- The new manager tried to supplant his predecessor’s policies.
- Digital cameras have largely supplanted film cameras.
- She feared that the younger employee would supplant her in the company.
- The military coup supplanted the democratic government.
- Online streaming services are supplanting traditional television.
- The ambitious prince plotted to supplant his brother as heir to the throne.