| VERB | possession | deprive, strip, divest | take away possessions from someone |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | deprive | keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | |
| change | deprive, impoverish | take away |
| Sounds | dihpray'v | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alive ... thrive: 23 rhymes with ayv... | |
| Meaning | take away possessions from someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Model | They deprive him of all his money | |
| Synonyms | strip, divest | |
| Narrower | bereave | deprive through death |
| clean | deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc. | |
| clean out | deprive completely of money or goods | |
| disarm, unarm | take away the weapons from | |
| dispossess | Deprive of the possession of real estate | |
| expropriate | deprive / deprive of possessions | |
| orphan | deprive of parents | |
| unclothe | strip | |
| unsex | deprive of sex or sexual powers | |
| Broader | take | Take into one's possession |
| Spanish | deprivar, desnudar, despojar, desposeer, privar | |
| Catalan | desmuntar, desposseir, despullar-se, despullar, desvestir-se, desvestir, privar | |
| Nouns | deprivation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
| deprivation | a state of extreme / extreme poverty | |
| Meaning | Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Narrower | bilk | Evade payment to |
| disenfranchise, disfranchise | deprive of voting rights | |
| disinherit, disown | prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting | |
| dock | deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty | |
| impoverish | make poor | |
| starve, famish | deprive of food | |
| starve | deprive of a necessity and cause suffering | |
| tongue-tie | deprive of speech | |
| wean, ablactate | gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk | |
| Broader | withhold, keep back | hold back |
| Spanish | privar | |
| Catalan | privar | |
| Nouns | deprivation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
| Meaning | take away. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody of something | |
| Synonym | impoverish | |
| Narrower | disestablish | deprive (an established church) of its status |
| Broader | worsen, decline | Grow worse |
| Opposite | enrich | make better or improve in quality |
| Spanish | desproveer, empobrecer, privar | |
| Catalan | empobrir, privar | |
| Nouns | deprivation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights |
| deprivation | a state of extreme / extreme poverty | |
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