English verb: deprive | |||
1. | deprive (possession) take away possessions from someone | ||
Samples | The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets. | ||
Examples | They deprive him of all his money | ||
Synonyms | divest, strip | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bereave, clean, clean out, disarm, dispossess, expropriate, orphan, unarm, unclothe, unsex | ||
2. | deprive (possession) keep from having, keeping, or obtaining | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | keep back, withhold | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ablactate, bilk, disenfranchise, disfranchise, disinherit, disown, dock, famish, impoverish, starve, starve, tongue-tie, wean | ||
3. | deprive (change) take away | ||
Synonyms | impoverish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody of something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decline, worsen | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | disestablish | ||
Antonyms | enrich | ||