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Synonyms & Antonyms of dispossessed
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in disadvantaged, underprivileged
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for dispossessed
- beggared,
- beggarly,
- broke,
- destitute,
- dirt-poor,
- down-and-out,
- famished,
- hard up,
- impecunious,
- impoverished,
- indigent,
- necessitous,
- needful,
- needy,
- pauperized,
- penniless,
- penurious,
- poor,
- poverty-stricken,
- skint
- [chiefly British],
- threadbare
- bankrupt,
- bankrupted,
- bust
- (or busted),
- insolvent
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for dispossessed
- affluent,
- deep-pocketed,
- fat,
- fat-cat,
- flush,
- moneyed
- (also monied),
- opulent,
- rich,
- silk-stocking,
- wealthy,
- well-heeled,
- well-off,
- well-to-do
dispossessed
verb
past tense of dispossess
Synonyms of dispossessed (Entry 2 of 2)
to end the occupancy or possession of
- opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
Synonyms for dispossessed
Words Related to dispossessed
- disfurnished,
- stripped
- (also stript)
- bereaved
- (or bereft),
- deprived,
- disinherited
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