Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bereaved

1 sense of bereaved

Sense 1
bereaved, bereaved person -- (a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; "the bereaved do not always need to be taken care of")
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bereave

1 sense of bereave

Sense 1
bereave -- (deprive through death)
       => deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")

Antonyms of adj bereaved

1 sense of bereaved

Sense 1
bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning (prenominal), sorrowing (prenominal) -- (sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope")

INDIRECT (VIA sorrowful) -> joyful -- (full of or producing joy; "make a joyful noise"; "a joyful occasion")

Similarity of adj bereaved

1 sense of bereaved

Sense 1
bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning (prenominal), sorrowing (prenominal) -- (sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope")
       => sorrowful (vs. joyful) -- (experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13)