Synonyms for divest
Definitions
- v. 1
To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
You shall never divest me of my right to free speech.
- v. 2
To undress.
Related words
- Word family
- divestiture divestment
Forms
- Past participle
- divested
e.g. divested → deprived, dispossessed, despoiled, abridged…
Example sentences
- deprive You must not deprive children of their playthings.
- dispossess You don't need to dispossess the Palestinians to be a Jew.
- bereave I cannot bereave him of this pleasure.
- dismantle Algeria needs to dismantle political censorship.
- disrobe After work she loves to disrobe and take a shower.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| divest | falling | |
| deprive | falling | |
| dispossess | steady | |
| despoil | steady | |
| bereave | rising | |
| dismantle | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bare1
- 5 letters
- strip1
- 6 letters
- remove2, denude2, unrobe
- 7 letters
- uncover3, deprive2, undress2, disrobe, abridge2, despoil, bereave2
- 8 letters
- dethrone2, unclothe
- 9 letters
- dismantle3, disinvest
- 10 letters
- dispossess3
- 11 letters
- disencumber
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (remove2 = 2 syllables).