Definition for Displacement:

• The act of putting out of place; the weight of water displaced by a solid body immersed in it.

Synonyms for Displacement:

• n.

  •
  • residence,
  • move,
  • refugee,
  • emigrant,
  • movement,
  • asylum,
  • expatriate,
  • immigrant,
  • migrant,
  • emigre,
  • disturbance.
  •
  • bail out,
  • boater,
  • the Admiral's Cup,
  • Ahoy,
  • boating,
  • anchor,
  • canoe,
  • beach,
  • the America's Cup,
  • berth.
  •
  • dissolution,
  • clearance.
  •
  • dismissal.
  •act (noun)
  • supplanting,
  • translation,
  • displacement.
  •banishing (noun)
  • expulsion.
  •banishment (noun)
  • deportation.
  •break, rupture (noun)
  • fracture.
  •change of possession (noun)
  • transfer.
  •deportation (noun)
  • dis placements,
  • dis-placements,
  • re legations,
  • dis placement,
  • ex patriations,
  • dis-placement,
  • re-legation,
  • ex-patriations,
  • ex patriation,
  • re-legations,
  • ex tradition,
  • re legation,
  • ex-tradition,
  • ex-traditions,
  • relegations,
  • relegation,
  • ex-patriation,
  • ex traditions.
  •deposition (noun)
  • de gradations,
  • un frocking,
  • over-throw,
  • de position,
  • de gradation,
  • over throw,
  • impeachment,
  • dis-charge,
  • de positions,
  • unfrocking,
  • de-gradations,
  • impeachments,
  • over-throws,
  • de-positions,
  • dis-charges,
  • un-frocking,
  • dis charge,
  • over throws,
  • unfrockings,
  • dis charges,
  • de-position,
  • de-gradation.
  •deracination (noun)
  • deracination.
  •dethroning, ousting (noun)
  • deposition.
  •dismissal (noun)
  • freeing,
  • Deposal,
  • kiss-off,
  • dislodgment,
  • conge,
  • kiss off,
  • old heave ho,
  • brush-off,
  • old heave-ho,
  • Freedoms,
  • housecleaning,
  • brushoff.
  •displacement (noun)
  • shift,
  • displacement reaction.
  •elimination (noun)
  • dis card,
  • purgation,
  • dis cards,
  • weeding out,
  • dis-cards,
  • ex-terminations,
  • weeding outs,
  • taking away,
  • ex-termination,
  • dis-card,
  • ex terminations,
  • taking aways,
  • ex termination,
  • liquidation.
  •emigration (noun)
  • settlings,
  • homesteading,
  • reestablishments,
  • resettlement,
  • homesteadings,
  • Reestablishment,
  • resettlements,
  • re settlements,
  • uprootings,
  • up rooting,
  • re establishment,
  • re-settlements,
  • re-establishments,
  • re-settlement,
  • up-rooting,
  • re-establishment,
  • re settlement,
  • re establishments.
  •exile (noun)
  • Scatterings.
  •expulsion (noun)
  • extrusion,
  • driving out,
  • debarment,
  • forcing out,
  • extrusions.
  •fracture (noun)
  • dis continuities,
  • dis continuity,
  • dis-junctions,
  • mutilation,
  • fragmentation,
  • dis-continuities,
  • fragmentations,
  • dis-junction,
  • mutilations,
  • dis junctions,
  • dis junction,
  • dis-continuity.
  •immigration (noun)
  • trans migration,
  • trans-migrations,
  • immigration,
  • trans migrations,
  • trans-migration.
  •shift (noun)
  • trans-formations,
  • de-flection,
  • re-arrangements,
  • de-flections,
  • transformations,
  • deflections,
  • trans-locations,
  • trans formations,
  • transference,
  • about face,
  • trans location,
  • trans locations,
  • de flections,
  • trans-location,
  • re arrangements,
  • trans-formation,
  • trans formation,
  • re arrangement,
  • re-arrangement,
  • de flection,
  • deflection,
  • transferences,
  • translocation,
  • Translocations.
  •substitution (noun)
  • alternative,
  • replacement,
  • subrogation,
  • supersession,
  • swap,
  • switch,
  • trade,
  • substitution,
  • exchange.
  •transfer (noun)
  • transmittal,
  • transposition,
  • convection,
  • transmittals,
  • transpositions,
  • conduction.
  •variation (noun)
  • departure from the norm,
  • unconformities,
  • Unconformity.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • variation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • emigration,
  • removable,
  • dispersion,
  • extraction,
  • rearrangement.
  •
  • liberation,
  • removal,
  • disposal.
  •
  • elimination.

Paraphrases for Displacement:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    movement, Movements.
  • Noun, plural
    movement, Movements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    movement, replacement, placement.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    desplazamiento.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Persons.
  • Noun, plural
    dislocations, migrations, Miles, Trajectories, absences, expenses, meals, travellers, Journeys, runs.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dislocation, expulsion, delocalization, repatriation, diversion, disappearance, movage, postponement, depopulation, volumetric, journey.
  • Verb, past tense
    spent, Went.
  • Verb, past participle
    associated, Transported, spent, posted.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Displaced, movement, internally-displaced.
  • Proper noun, singular
    exoduses, Displaced, relocation, Displacing.
  • Noun, plural
    moves, Populations, visits, Displaced, relocation, relocations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Displaced, deportation, exodus, resettlement, eviction, shifting, emigration, uprooting, locomotion, excursion, commute, out-migration, secondment, relocation, exile, drift, translocation, disqualification, posting, substitution, delocalisation, shear, outmigration, Displacing, deflection.
  • Verb, past tense
    Displaced.
  • Verb, past participle
    Transferred, Displaced.
  • Verb, base form
    displace.

Antonyms for Displacement:

• n.

  • dislocation
    inactivity, stagnation, inaction.
  • Other antonyms:
    repatriation, return, immigration.

Displacement Sentence Examples:

• The negro migration in Pittsburgh, however, did not cause a displacement of white laborers.

• Aramis cast a look almost of despair at Fouquet, and then, going straight up to Vanel and taking hold of him by the coat, in a familiar manner, he said, Monsieur Vanel, it is neither the inconvenience, nor the displacement of your money, nor the sale of your wife's property even, that you are thinking of at this moment; it is something more important still.

Hypernym for Displacement:

• n.

  • process
    transference.

Hyponym for Displacement:

• n.

  • act
    movement, rejection, move, replacing, replacement, motion.
  • process
    Defence Reaction, defense, Defence Mechanism, defense reaction, defense mechanism, defence.