| Main Entry: | depose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oust from position |
Synonyms: |
boot out, bounce, break, can*, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, discrown, dismiss, displace, downgrade, drum out, eject, freeze out, give heave-ho, impeach, kick out, overthrow, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, send packing, subvert, throw out, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake, unseat, upset |
| Main Entry: | dethrone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | oust |
Synonyms: |
degrade, depose, discrown, dismiss, displace, uncrown, unmake |
Antonyms: |
crown, enthrone, put in power |
| 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 |