Synonyms of the word

displacement

• n. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
• n. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced…
• n. (chemistry) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a…
• n. (fencing) Moving the target to avoid an attack; dodging.
• n. (physics) A vector quantity which denotes distance with a directional component.
• n. (grammar) The capability of a communication system to refer to things that are not present (that existed…

defence

• n. The action of defending, of protecting from attack, danger or injury.
• n. Something used to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (team sports) A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. (team sports) The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with…
• n. Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To furnish with defences; to fortify.

defense

• n. The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
• n. Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
• n. An argument in support or justification of something.
• n. (government, military) Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
• n. (obsolete) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

deracination

• n. The act of deracinating; uprooting.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

reaction

• n. An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event.
• n. (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination…

rejection

• n. The act of rejecting.
• n. The state of being rejected.
• n. (sports) A blocked shot.

replacement

• n. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
• n. The act of replacing something.

replacing

• v. present participle of replace.

shift

• n. (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
• n. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
• n. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
• n. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
• n. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
• n. (computing) A bit shift.
• n. (baseball) The infield shift.
• n. (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting.
• n. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
• n. (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
• n. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed…
• n. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
• v. (transitive) To change, swap.
• v. (transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
• v. (intransitive) To change position.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
• v. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
• v. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
• v. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
• v. (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare…
• v. (transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.
• v. (transitive) To dispose of.
• v. (intransitive) To hurry.
• v. (Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.
• v. (obsolete) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
• v. To practice indirect or evasive methods.

supplanting

• v. present participle of supplant.

translation

• n. (uncountable) The act or (countable) an act of translating, in its various senses.
• n. (countable) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.