Definition for Usurp:

• To seize, and hold in possession, by force, or without right; as, to usurp a throne; to usurp the prerogatives of the crown; to usurp power; to usurp the right of a patron is to oust or dispossess him.

Synonyms for Usurp:

• n.

  •
  • substitute,
  • change,
  • succeed,
  • renew,
  • supersede,
  • replace,
  • swap.
  •
  • preempt.
  •assume (noun)
  • lay hold of,
  • expropriate.
  •usurp (noun)
  • capture,
  • appropriate,
  • conquer,
  • arrogate,
  • seize,
  • assume,
  • take over.

• v.

  •take (verb)
  • commandeer,
  • take,
  • procure,
  • amass,
  • appropriate,
  • gather,
  • reap,
  • collect,
  • grab,
  • annex,
  • bag,
  • levy,
  • impound,
  • abduct,
  • nab,
  • catch,
  • monopolize,
  • harvest,
  • confiscate,
  • get,
  • acquire,
  • capture,
  • deprive.
  •take over (verb)
  • lay hold of,
  • elbow in,
  • assume,
  • worm in,
  • arrogate,
  • infringe upon,
  • take,
  • grab hold of,
  • work in,
  • annex,
  • swipe,
  • Accroach,
  • appropriate,
  • supplant,
  • clap hands on,
  • preempt,
  • squeeze in,
  • seize,
  • barge in,
  • commandeer,
  • highjack,
  • grab,
  • wrest,
  • get hands on,
  • displace.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • preempt.
  •arrogate
  • Accroach,
  • expropriate.
  •borrow
  • plagiarize,
  • pirate,
  • steal.
  •displace
  • supplant.
  •encroach
  • work in,
  • elbow in,
  • overstep,
  • infringe,
  • worm in,
  • squeeze in.
  •steal
  • appropriate.
  •Other relevant words:
  • major,
  • prepossess,
  • exceptional,
  • strip,
  • arrogate,
  • exhaust,
  • despot,
  • overrun,
  • eject,
  • pre-empt,
  • snatch,
  • ascribe,
  • assume command,
  • mound,
  • displace,
  • swallow up,
  • recite,
  • pilfer,
  • take it all,
  • adopt,
  • mount,
  • draw off,
  • nick,
  • buy up,
  • autocrat,
  • exact,
  • presume,
  • tread under foot,
  • thief,
  • despotically,
  • drain,
  • covert,
  • mountain,
  • highjack,
  • plagiarize,
  • mimic,
  • assign,
  • trample under foot,
  • hog,
  • sneaky,
  • add,
  • boss,
  • make away with,
  • barley,
  • arbitrarily,
  • wrest,
  • take possession of,
  • receive,
  • conspicuous,
  • requisition,
  • distrain,
  • domineer,
  • outstanding,
  • deal hardly with,
  • clandestine,
  • do over,
  • unauthorised,
  • give no quarter,
  • strike,
  • do violence to,
  • get hands on,
  • absorb,
  • promiscuously,
  • take over,
  • worm in,
  • trench on,
  • take charge,
  • swipe,
  • fleece,
  • take the lead,
  • renew,
  • sequester,
  • occupy,
  • Accroach,
  • copy,
  • burglar,
  • famous,
  • invade,
  • claim,
  • guide,
  • climate,
  • unilateral,
  • get into,
  • dissemble,
  • feign,
  • tyrannize,
  • obsolete,
  • take the helm,
  • get hold of,
  • wreak,
  • wear,
  • bear,
  • supplant,
  • notable,
  • Impropriate,
  • boost,
  • great,
  • repeat,
  • secure,
  • noteworthy,
  • adhere,
  • robber,
  • pirate,
  • dictator,
  • replace,
  • heap,
  • trample upon,
  • mausoleum,
  • jump a claim,
  • succeed,
  • clutch,
  • chieftain,
  • work in,
  • seize,
  • append,
  • usurped,
  • lay hold of,
  • pretend,
  • dry,
  • inflict,
  • trespass,
  • intrude,
  • oppressor,
  • grab hold of,
  • due,
  • displume,
  • infringe upon,
  • apply,
  • hold,
  • bully,
  • shear,
  • supersede,
  • oppress,
  • impoverish,
  • violate,
  • distinguished,
  • subjugate,
  • indent,
  • filch,
  • coerce,
  • take control,
  • don,
  • substitute,
  • eminent,
  • break bounds,
  • unpaid,
  • elbow in,
  • go too far,
  • convert,
  • affect,
  • private,
  • swap,
  • gut,
  • conductor,
  • clap hands on,
  • admit,
  • divest,
  • infringe,
  • help,
  • pinch,
  • expropriate,
  • possess,
  • preempt,
  • simulate,
  • barge in,
  • make off with,
  • irrupt,
  • steal,
  • conquer,
  • prominent,
  • despoil,
  • take command,
  • colonize,
  • reiterate,
  • enslave,
  • sit on,
  • director,
  • attach,
  • overpower,
  • usurps,
  • clime,
  • vault,
  • obtain,
  • stealthy,
  • head,
  • sham,
  • buy out,
  • usurpation,
  • horn in,
  • encroach,
  • prehend,
  • relieve,
  • preoccupy,
  • carry,
  • imitate,
  • lay claim,
  • know no bounds,
  • squeeze in,
  • sequestrate,
  • take for granted,
  • remarkable,
  • take on,
  • chief,
  • allocate,
  • oust,
  • accept,
  • make use of,
  • override,
  • postulate,
  • rob,
  • pillage,
  • advance,
  • captain,
  • transgress,
  • sepulchre,
  • overstep,
  • borrow,
  • excellent,
  • change,
  • put on,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • surreptitious,
  • tomb,
  • leader,
  • secret,
  • assume,
  • randomly,
  • lift,
  • tyrant.

Antonyms for Usurp:

• v.

  • take over
    reject, refuse, keep, leave, give, give in, release, relinquish, surrender, offer, let go.