supplant

/səˈplænt/

Other forms: supplanted; supplanting; supplants

Kate was out sick for a whole month, and when she came back to school, Jessie had supplanted her as the funny girl at the lunch table. Supplant means "to take the place of."

Being supplanted is something that often happens to ideas or ways of thinking. Encouraging children's freedom has supplanted old ideas about children being better seen than heard. After a shocking upset at Wimbledon, a new tennis player has supplanted the reigning champion.

Definitions of supplant

1. verb

   take the place or move into the position of
   “the computer has supplanted the slide rule”

   synonyms: replace, supercede, supersede, supervene upon

   replace

   substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)

   put back, replace

   put something back where it belongs

   types:

   deputise, deputize, step in, substitute

   act as a substitute

   displace, preempt

   take the place of or have precedence over

   usurp

   take the place of

   oust

   remove and replace

   cover

   help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities

   type of:

   come after, follow, succeed

   be the successor (of)