deprive[verb]Synonyms: withhold, bereave, despoil, dispossess, rob, strip
Antonyms: provide
Contrasted words: furnish, give, supply, clothe, endow, equip, fit (out), invest, outfit
Related Words: dock,
bare,
denude,
dismantle,
strip [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
de‧prive /dɪˈpraɪv/
verb[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: deprivare, from Latin privare 'to deprive']
deprive somebody of something phrasal verb to prevent someone from having something, especially something that they need or should have:
A lot of these children have been deprived of a normal home life. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲