SUPPLANTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

Synonyms:

displacement; supplanting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("supplanting" is a kind of...):

replacement; replacing (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)

Derivation:

supplant (take the place or move into the position of)

-ing form of the verb supplant