misplace and mislay mean to put in the wrong place. misplace may mean to put something in a place that is not its usual location. Someone seems to have misplaced the crayons. misplace may also mean putting something where it should not have been at all.

What is a synonym for displacement?

In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for displacement, like: movement, dislocation, shift, displacement reaction, supplanting, rearrangement, deracination, translation, move, disturbance and removement.

What is the base word for misplaced?

The word implies that the object isn't gone for good, but that you unthinkingly put it down somewhere. When you combine the prefix mis-, which means "bad or wrong," and place, you get misplace — as in placing something in a bad spot!