DISPLACED Synonyms: 178 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in dispossessed

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verb

past tense of displace

as in relocated

to change the place or position of the slight tremor displaced the dishes on the shelves, but didn't do any real damage

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as in exiled

to force to leave a country World War II displaced people all over Europe

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as in replaced

to take the place of inefficient methods displaced by newer ones

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as in deposed

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the CEO was summarily displaced after the hostile takeover

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Israel has seized territory in Syria and Lebanon, where more than 300,000 Lebanese remain displaced. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 When the country first embraced markets and opened to trade, its rapidly growing economy and expanding private sector could absorb displaced workers. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026 The Red Cross was at the scene helping more than three dozen displaced people find shelter. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Since then, displaced families have struggled to rebuild their lives. — John Hodgman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The Red Cross will be assisting the eight displaced residents. — Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 7 Sep. 2026 According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, more than 4,300 people have been killed by Israeli strikes since March 2, and the United Nations says more than 350,000 remain displaced since Israel’s occupation began. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 In Beirut, the ministry will move displaced families to unused buildings. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Amid the confusion, the tenants union met with Lucas to discuss how the city would help displaced residents, resulting in the new agreement. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

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For Ne’man Abu Jarad and his family, displaced from Beit Lahia in northern Gaza to Khan Yunis in the south, the truce also has brought no clear path home. — Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Eight-year-old Muhammad al-Shakhrit had survived years of war, displaced by Israeli strikes that destroyed his family’s home in Rafah and forced them to live in a tent by the coast. — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2026 By then, millions of people had been displaced again by a five-year war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. — Patricia Huon, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026 More than 90 percent of Gaza’s inhabitants are internally displaced. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Shire has been a major refuge for people displaced by fighting in Tigray and a base for humanitarian aid operations. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 They are displaced either way, and that is reflected in the film title in Arabic. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Later, when Israel attacked Rafah, she was displaced again, to Mawasi Khan Younis. — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026 Signpost, our digital information service, has reached 20 million people navigating the hardest moments of their lives, nearly 591,000 of them through one-to-one guidance from moderators, many displaced themselves. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for displaced

Adjective

Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed.

— Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.

— Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022

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Staff were then relocated from eastern Ukraine to salons in the west of the country, or the business’s locations in Poland, Georgia, and Cyprus.

— Lucy Abbersteen, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026
John had become seriously ill with a liver disease, and the couple had relocated to Koh Samui to seek out a special herb that grew here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of relocated

Verb

Karen would absolutely be a Catherine Zeta-Jones character who has been exiled to Arrakis following a particularly contentious divorce.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Dahlan had previously been driven from Gaza by Hamas and was exiled in 2010 after a falling-out with Abbas.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of exiled

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The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.

— Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of deposed

Adjective

Using reduced cream instead of part of the milk, and adding the milk a little at a time over a long period, and contnnually cleaning the Fons on the bottom of the pan.

— Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
The reduced storage is unlikely to result in lower subscription prices.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

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Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
Drake Baldwin banished any fears of a sophomore slump by having his first All-Star season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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