divest | Definition of divest

Synonyms and Antonyms of divest

1 to end the occupancy or possession of

unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house

Synonyms of divest

dispossess, expropriate, oust

Words Related to divest

disfurnish, strip

bereave, deprive, disinherit

annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp

2 to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers

the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant

Synonyms of divest

clear, disburden, disencumber, free, relieve, rid, unburden

Words Related to divest

discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter

bail (out), deliver, redeem, rescue

disengage, disentangle, extricate

Near Antonyms of divest

bog (down), fetter, hamper, restrain, shackle, subject, weigh down, weight (down)

Antonyms of divest

burden, encumber, saddle

3 to take something away from

he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered

Synonyms of divest

abate, bereave, deprive, strip

Words Related to divest

cheat, clean (out), defraud, shortchange

bankrupt, disfurnish, impoverish