UNSEATING Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in overthrow

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verb

present participle of unseat

as in deposing

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) a governor who was unseated by the first successful recall in the state's history

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Recent Examples of unseating

Noun

The incumbent’s victory bucked the recent trend of left-wing challengers unseating established Democrats in Congress. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026 Princess Anne, seemingly unbowed by her recent unseating as Britain's hardest-working royal, walked alongside husband Sir Timothy Laurence. — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025

Verb

The Gozney Arc Lite, which is a smaller version of our best overall pick, became our new budget pick, unseating the Solo Stove Pi Prime. — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026 Challenger Allison Williamson defeats incumbent Allison Williamson defeated longtime incumbent Bill Klapper in the Democratic primary for Wyandotte County District Court judge, unseating a judge who has served on the bench for more than a decade. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 Jillian Gilchrest is a state representative from West Hartford who has been in office since 2019 after unseating a longtime incumbent. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026 Apple briefly took the spot of the world’s largest company by market cap as markets opened Friday, temporarily unseating Nvidia as the AI giant’s shares slid. — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Members of the Democratic Socialists of America have staged electoral coups this summer, unseating several high-profile incumbents in Congress. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026 Investigators found that initial structural failure spread to other elements of the pool deck and street-level parking garage and caused cracks to grow over the span of a few weeks, eventually unseating the southern edge of the pool deck slab from its supporting wall, the report said. — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026 Before running for governor and unseating Democrat Steve Sisolak in 2022, Lombardo served eight years as sheriff in Nevada's Clark County. — Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, CBS News, 22 June 2026 The bank was a founding partner of the Valkyries, who already rank as the WNBA’s most valuable team at $850 million; the Warriors are the NBA’s most valuable, unseating the Knicks’ stranglehold on the spot in 2023, per ’s rankings. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unseating

Noun

The ultraconservative religio-political movement emerged that year amid the civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 and the overthrow of the communist government in 1992 (see Afghan War).

— Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
Iran has had substantial influence there since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of overthrow

Verb

And while some don’t want to wait that long to have the chance of toppling Infantino, the current FIFA boss does have some support swimming in the sea of objectors.

— Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The vehicle even remained intact after toppling over, a feat none of its predecessors had pulled off.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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Khan, 73, led Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup title and later served as prime minister from 2018 until his ouster in 2022.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes around Syria after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in late 2024, mainly destroying army assets to keep them out of the hands of his successors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of ouster

Verb

Whereas owners previously diffused negative situations by sacking a head coach, changing a sporting director or someone prominent within the department can now have a similar effect.

— Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026

Definition of sacking

Noun

Prosecutors in the impeachment proceedings argued that the messages were not isolated political comments but reflected a pattern of hostility toward Jews, Zionism, and the State of Israel.

— Juan Melamed, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
In November 2025, Green again vowed to introduce impeachment articles, this time alleging abuse of power.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of impeachment

Verb

The Patriots are the defending division champs after dethroning quarterback Josh Allen and the Bills last season en route to representing the AFC in the Super Bowl.

— Austin Mock, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
The article examines how Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) could end human exceptionalism, potentially dethroning humanity as the planet's apex species.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of dethroning

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