Synonyms of dispossessed

dispossessed 1 of 2

adjective

as in deprived

Related Words

• deprived
• disadvantaged
• impoverished
• underprivileged
• destitute
• needy
• indigent
• penniless
• pauperized
• poor
• impecunious
• famished
• down-and-out
• bankrupt
• necessitous
• beggarly
• broke
• needful
• penurious
• beggared
• dirt-poor
• insolvent
• poverty-stricken
• unaffluent
• threadbare
• ruined
• depressed
• bust
• distressed
• bankrupted
• skint
• reduced
• hard up
• pinched
• hardscrabble
• straitened
• possessionless
• poorish
• tapped out
• hand-to-mouth
• short
• cash-strapped
• low

Dissimilar Words

• wealthy
• affluent
• rich
• moneyed
• well-to-do
• opulent
• fat
• flush
• comfortable
• prosperous
• well-off
• well-heeled
• silk-stocking
• fat-cat
• deep-pocketed

dispossessed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dispossess

as in evicted

to end the occupancy or possession of

opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evicted
• deprived
• stripped
• expropriated
• ousted
• divested
• disinherited
• bereaved
• usurped
• deforced
• appropriated
• annexed
• impounded
• disfurnished
• seized
• commandeered
• took over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dispossessed

Adjective

Conover keeps his readers waiting for too long, almost half the book, before saying anything about how the San Luis Valley came to be a magnet for the dispossessed. — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022

Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed. — Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022

Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction? — Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022

Verb

Their laborers came cheap, often Native Americans dispossessed from their own rights. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

The youngster was dispossessed but the ball fell to Mac Allister, who curled his effort into the top corner. — Andy Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

He was tackled and dispossessed with the ball on a trajectory to the goal. — Monica Alba, NBC news, 24 June 2026

The family owners of Fischer Bücherei were Jews of Hungarian origin, who had been dispossessed of their publishing house by the Nazis before it was returned to them after the war. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Kelsy dispossessed San Diego in its defensive third, cut back to evade a defender at the edge of the penalty area, and skipped a shot inside the near post to give the Timbers (3-5-1) a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute. — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026

Calling his father and uncle gusanos — or worms, a Spanish-language term coined by Castro to denigrate those fleeing the island — the agent seized the bank and, in an instant, dispossessed a family that arrived from Spain in the 16th century. — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026

The growth of colonial Australian society came at the expense of the Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who were often dispossessed of their land, exposed to foreign diseases, and either pushed into marginal areas or forcibly assimilated into European culture. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026

As Morocco’s indigenous inhabitants, El Hammoumy continued, the Berbers are like other native peoples around the world who have been systematically dispossessed of their lands and heritage for centuries. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026