displace — displaceable, adj. /dis plays /, v.t., displaced, displacing. 1. to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc. 2. to move or put out of the usual or proper place. 3. to take the place of; replace; supplant: Fiction displaces fact.… … Universalium
misplace — See displace. See displace, misplace … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
displace — See displace, misplace … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
misplace — misplace, mislay both mean to put in the wrong place and both in their basic use imply that the thing in question is as unavailable as if lost though firmly believed to be still in one s possession. Misplace basically implies a putting of a thing … New Dictionary of Synonyms
displace — [v1] move, remove from normal place change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle,… … New thesaurus
misplace — [v] lose; be unable to find be unable to lay hands on*, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misfile, mislay, miss, mix, muss, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong… … New thesaurus
misplace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. derange; mislocate, displace, mislay. See loss, displacement. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mislay, displace, shuffle, disarrange, remove, disturb, take out of its place, disorder, tumble, dishevel,… … English dictionary for students
misplace — misplacement, n. /mis plays /, v.t., misplaced, misplacing. 1. to put in a wrong place. 2. to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay. 3. to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely: to misplace one s trust. [1545 55; MIS 1 +… … Universalium
displace — Synonyms and related words: 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 … Moby Thesaurus
displace — v 1. disturb, disarrange, disorder, derange, unsettle, confuse; move, relocate, shift, transfer, transpose; misplace, mislay, put in the wrong place. 2. replace, supplant, supersede, succeed, take the place of, crowd out, Inf. bump. 3. remove,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
