displace

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: dis=place

OXFORD DICTIONARY

displace, v.tr.
1 shift from its accustomed place.
2 remove from office.
3 take the place of; oust.

Idiom

displaced person a person who is forced to leave his or her home country because of war, persecution, etc.; a refugee.

THESAURUS

displace

act for, attend, banish, boot, bounce, break, bump, bust, can, carry away, carry off, cart away, cashier, change places with, come after, crowd out, cut out, deconsecrate, defrock, degrade, delocalize, demote, deplume, deport, depose, deprive, dethrone, disarrange, disarticulate, disbar, discharge, discrown, disemploy, disenthrone, disjoint, dislocate, dislodge, dismiss, disorder, displume, disturb, double for, drum out, eject, emanate, ensue, evict, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, fill in for, fire, follow after, follow up, furlough, ghost, ghostwrite, give the ax, give the gate, go after, issue, kick, kick out, kick upstairs, lay aside, lay off, let go, let out, liquidate, luxate, make redundant, manhandle, misplace, move, oust, overtake, overthrow, pension, pension off, pinch-hit, purge, put aside, read out of, release, relegate, relieve, relocate, remove, remove from office, replace, represent, result, retire, sack, send, separate forcibly, set aside, shift, shunt, side, spell, spell off, stand in for, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, subrogate, substitute for, succeed, superannuate, supersede, supervene, supplant, surplus, suspend, swap places with, take away, throw out, track, trail, transfer, transport, turn off, turn out, unchurch, uncrown, understudy for, unfrock, unhinge, unjoint, unmake, unsaddle, unseat, unsettle, unthrone, usurp

ROGET THESAURUS

displace

Derangement

VB derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay, discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate, disorganize, embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble, shuffle, randomize, huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder, muss, break the ranks, disconcert, convulse, break in upon, unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy, bedevil, complicate, involve, perplex, confound, imbrangle, embrangle, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle, dishevel, ruffle, rumple, litter, scatter, mix, rearrange.

Displacement

VB displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish, exile, ablegate, set aside, remove, take away, cart away, take off, draft off, lade, unload, empty, transfer, dispel, vacate, depart.

Transference

VB transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate, convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry, carry over, ferry over, hand pass, forward, shift, conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach, tote, port, import, export, send, delegate, consign, relegate, turn over to, deliver, ship, embark, waft, shunt, transpose, displace, throw, drag, mail, post, shovel, ladle, decant, draft off, transfuse, infuse, siphon.