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The Meaning of displace

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To crowd out; to take the place of.
  • (v. t.) To remove from a state, office, dignity, or employment; to discharge; to depose; as, to displace an officer of the revenue.
  • (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