Supplant
To replace or take the place of someone or something, often by displacing them or through strategic or underhanded means.
verbSupplant
To replace or take the place of someone or something, often by displacing them or through strategic or underhanded means.
verbImagine This
Imagine a cunning advisor in a royal court who secretly plots to replace the king. Slowly, the advisor’s plans take root, and the advisor supplants the king as the new ruler.
Sounds Like
suh-PLAN-t
Looks Like
Looks like 'supplement' with 'plant' appended; visually hints at replacing by planting oneself in place
Remember This
The word literally contains 'plant'—think of something growing into someone’s place. Supplanting is about substitution that displaces the current holder of a position.
Other Forms
Connect With
replace, displace, usurp, supersede, dethrone
Note
Supplant implies displacement or overthrow rather than a simple replacement. It often carries a formal or slightly negative nuance, and is less common in everyday casual substitution words.