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Main Entry: supersede
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take the place of; override

Synonyms:

abandon, annul, desert, discard, displace, forsake, oust, outmode, outplace, overrule, reject, remove, replace, repudiate, set aside, succeed, supplant, supplement, suspend, take over, usurp

Antonyms:

accept, lower, submit
Main Entry: abolish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do away with or put an end to

Synonyms:

abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap

Antonyms:

confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold
Main Entry: cut out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: excise, remove

Synonyms:

carve, cease, delete, displace, eliminate, exclude, exsect, extirpate, extract, give up, oust, pull out, refrain from, sever, stop, supersede, supplant, usurp

Antonyms:

add, include
Main Entry: discharge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dismiss from responsibility

Synonyms:

absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload

Antonyms:

assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire
Main Entry: dismiss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: send away, remove; free

Synonyms:

abolish, banish, boot, brush off, bundle, cast off, cast out, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with, kick out, let go, let out, lock out, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing, shed, show out, slough off, supersede, sweep away, turn out

Antonyms:

accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome
Main Entry: displace
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: remove from position of responsibility

Synonyms:

banish, can*, cashier, cut out, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, dismiss, disthrone, exile, expatriate, fire, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack, step into shoes of, succeed, supersede, supplant, take over, take the place of, transport, uncrown, unmake, usurp

Antonyms:

leave
Main Entry: follow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take the place of

Synonyms:

be subsequent to, chase, come after, come from, come next, displace, ensue, go after, go next, postdate, proceed from, pursue, replace, result, spring from, succeed, supersede, supervene, supplant
Notes: follow means to travel behind, go after, or come after; succeed means to come next in time or succession, follow after another or to attain success, reach a goal

Antonyms:

neglect, pass over, shun, slight
Main Entry: override/overrule
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cancel, reverse a decision

Synonyms:

alter, annul, bend to one's will, control, countermand, direct, disallow, disregard, dominate, govern, ignore, influence, invalidate, make null and void, make void, not heed, nullify, outvote, outweigh, overturn, prevail over, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, revoke, ride roughshod, rule against, set aside, supersede, sway, take no account of, thwart, trample, upset, vanquish, veto

Antonyms:

allow, approve, permit, support
Main Entry: replace
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take the place of; put in place of

Synonyms:

alter, back up, change, compensate, displace, fill in, follow, front for, give back, mend, oust, outplace, patch, pinch hit for, put back, reconstitute, recoup, recover, redeem, redress, reestablish, refund, regain, reimburse, reinstate, repay, restitute, restore, retrieve, ring, ring in, shift, sit in, stand in, stand in lieu of, step into shoes of, sub, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, supply, swap places, take out, take over, take over from

Antonyms:

leave alone
Main Entry: substitute
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: interchange, exchange

Synonyms:

act for, alternate, answer for, back up, be in place of, change, commute, cover for, deputize, displace, do the work of, double for, fill in for, fill one's position, go as, proxy, relieve, replace, serve in one's stead, spell, stand for, stand in for, sub, supersede, supplant, swap, swap places with, switch, take another's place, take over
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