Synonyms of dispossessed

dispossessed 1 of 2

adjective

as in disadvantaged

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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