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The Meaning of displace
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(v. t.) To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library are all displaced.
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(v. t.) To crowd out; to take the place of.
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(v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
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(v. t.) To dislodge; to drive away; to banish.
Synonyms
preempt
,
fire
,
give notice
,
can
,
dismiss
,
give the axe
,
send away
,
sack
,
force out
,
give the sack
,
terminate
,
move
Antonyms
hire
Rhymes
ace
,
aerospace
,
airspace
,
anyplace
,
apace
,
arianespace
,
base
,
bass
,
birthplace
,
boldface
,
bookcase
,
brace
,
briefcase
,
caisse
,
case
,
cayce
,
chace
,
chase
,
commonplace
,
crace
,
cyberspace
,
dace
,
database
,
debase
,
deface
,
degrace
,
diabase
,
diastase
,
disgrace
,
efface
,
embrace
,
encase
,
erase
,
everyplace
,
face
,
fireplace
,
footrace
,
frace
,
glace
,
grace
,
heyse
,
incase
,
interface
,
interlace
,
lace
,
lactase
,
lambastes
,
left-brace
,
lovelace
,
mace
,
mais
,
marketplace
,
misplace
,
nace
,
orthoclase
,
outpace
,
pace
,
place
,
plagioclase
,
polymerase
,
race
,
replace
,
retrace
,
right-brace
,
scarface
,
shoelace
,
showcase
,
showplace
,
someplace
,
space
,
staircase
,
steeplechase
,
streptokinase
,
suitcase
,
thrace
,
trace
,
typeface
,
vase
,
wace
,
wheelbase
,
workplace