DISPLACEMENT Synonyms
There are 21 hypernyms of the word displacement. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for DISPLACEMENT
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| shift | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event in which something is displaced without rotation • a qualitative change • the time period during which you are at work • the act of changing one thing or position for another • the act of moving from one place to another • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other • a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time • the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lower-case letters to upper-case letters • a woman's sleeveless undergarment • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist verb • make a shift in or exchange of • change place or direction • move around • move very slightly • move from one setting or context to another • change in quality • move and exchange for another • move sideways or in an unsteady way • move abruptly • use a shift key on a keyboard • change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change • change gears • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another | ||||||||
| dislodgment | nounn | |||||||
noun • forced removal from a position of advantage | ||||||||
| eviction | nounn | |||||||
noun • action by a landlord that compels a tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy); no physical expulsion or legal process is involved • the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law | ||||||||
| expulsion | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of forcing out someone or something • squeezing out by applying pressure • the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||||||||
| movement | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object • a euphemism for defecation • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) • the act of changing the location of something | ||||||||
| ousting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | ||||||||
| relocation | nounn | |||||||
noun • the transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind) • the act of changing your residence or place of business | ||||||||
| removal | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of removing • dismissal from office | ||||||||
| transfer | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of moving something from one location to another • someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another • the act of transferring something from one form to another • a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances • application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation • transferring ownership verb • transfer somebody to a different position or location of work • move from one place to another • lift and reset in another soil or situation • move around • cause to change ownership • change from one vehicle or transportation line to another • send from one person or place to another • shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes • transfer from one place or period to another | ||||||||
| deracination | nounn | |||||||
noun • to move something from its natural environment • the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | ||||||||
| supplanting | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics | ||||||||
| translation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language • a uniform movement without rotation • the act of changing in form or shape or appearance • (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same • (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm • rewording something in less technical terminology • the act of uniform movement | ||||||||
| displacement reaction | nounn | |||||||
noun • (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound | ||||||||
