DEPRIVE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPRIVE?

Need another word that means the same as “deprive”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “deprive” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Deprive” are: divest, strip, impoverish, dispossess, relieve, bereave, oust, overthrow, remove, topple, unseat, depose, dethrone, eject, dispel

Deprive as a Verb

Definitions of "Deprive" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deprive” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Keep from having, keeping, or obtaining.
• Depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office.
• Take away.
• Take away possessions from someone.
• Prevent (a person or place) from having or using something.

Synonyms of "Deprive" as a verb (15 Words)

bereave	Deprive through death. Those who counsel the bereaved.
depose	Testify to or give (evidence) under oath, typically in a written statement. He had been deposed by a military coup.
dethrone	Remove from a position of authority or dominance. In January 1831 the Poles dethroned the Romanovs.
dispel	Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear. Dispel doubts.
dispossess	Deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions. A champion of the poor and the dispossessed.
divest	Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment. He has divested the original play of its charm.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He ejected the spent cartridge.
impoverish	Make (a person or area) poor. The soil was impoverished by annual burning.
oust	Take away (a court’s jurisdiction) in a matter. The word processor has ousted the typewriter.
overthrow	Throw a ball beyond (a receiving player. Military coups which had attempted to overthrow the King.
relieve	Relieve oneself of troubling information. The thief relieved me of 100.
remove	Remove something concrete as by lifting pushing or taking off or remove something abstract. The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage.
topple	Cause to topple or tumble by pushing. Disagreement had threatened to topple the government.
unseat	Remove from political office. The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat.

Usage Examples of "Deprive" as a verb

• The city was deprived of its water supplies.
• The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.

Associations of "Deprive" (30 Words)

arrogate	Take or claim (something) without justification. They arrogate to themselves the ability to divine the nation s true interests.
birthright	A particular right of possession or privilege a person has from birth, especially as an eldest son. Free public education is the birthright of every American child.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige.
commandeer	Enlist (someone) to help in a task. The truck was commandeered by a mob.
confiscate	Appropriate (something, especially land) to the public treasury as a penalty. The government confiscated his property early in the war.
depose	Force to leave (an office. He had been deposed by a military coup.
despoil	Destroy and strip of its possession. The church was despoiled of its marble wall covering.
disenfranchise	Deprive (someone) of the right to vote. A hard core of kids who are disenfranchised and don t feel connected to the school.
filch	Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way. They filched milk off morning doorsteps.
forfeited	Surrendered as a penalty.
impound	Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded.
impoverish	Exhaust the strength or vitality of. The wars had impoverished him.
loot	Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot. The gang escaped with their loot.
marauder	A person who marauds; a raider. A band of English marauders were surprised and overcome.
pillage	The act of stealing valuable things from a place. The abbey was plundered and pillaged.
piracy	A practice similar to piracy but in other contexts especially hijacking. Software piracy.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. This writer plundered from famous authors.
raid	Conduct a raid on. An early morning raid on a bank.
ransack	Search (a place or receptacle) thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm. Burglars ransacked her home.
rapine	The violent seizure of someone’s property. Industrial rapine.
rob	Take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force. Bob thinks my suit cost 70 and even then he thinks I was robbed.
spoliation	The act of stripping and taking by force. The spoliation of the countryside.
steal	Move stealthily. A delicious languor was stealing over her.
theft	The action or crime of stealing. He was convicted of theft.
thief	A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery.
thieve	Take by theft. The students have been thieving my favourite art books.
usurp	Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. The Hanoverian dynasty had usurped the Stuarts.
usurpation	Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation.