English Explanatory Dictionary

dethrone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
  2. To remove any governing authority from power.
  3. To remove from any position of high status or power.
  4. To remove (something) from a position of power or paramount importance.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

dethrone dethrones dethroning dethroned

Etymology

From de- + throne.

Synonyms

depose discrown disenthrone uncrown unking unmonarch unqueen unsceptre unthrone bring down divest overthrow

Antonyms

coronate crown enthrone king queen empower install invest take office

Related words

destool abdicate coup d'état

Derived words

dethronable dethronement dethroner dethronize undethronable undethroned
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