Synonyms for displacement

Other words for “displacement”, grouped by meaning.

We found 5 synonyms for “displacement”. The most common are supplanting, shift, translation, displacement reaction, deracination.

noun act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Synonymssupplanting

noun an event in which something is displaced without rotation

Synonymsshift

noun the act of uniform movement

Synonymstranslation

noun (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

noun to move something from its natural environment

Synonymsderacination

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University