Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unseat

2 senses of unseat

Sense 1
unseat -- (remove from political office; "The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat")
       => remove -- (remove from a position or an office)

Sense 2
unseat -- (dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse)
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")