Antonyms of verb deprive

1 of 3 senses of deprive

Sense 3
deprive, impoverish -- (take away)
       Antonym of enrich (Sense 1)
      => enrich -- (make better or improve in quality; "The experience enriched her understanding"; "enriched foods")

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

3 senses of deprive

Sense 1
deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")
       => take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")

Sense 2
deprive -- (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
       => withhold, keep back -- (hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room")

Sense 3
deprive, impoverish -- (take away)
       => worsen, decline -- (grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened")

Antonyms of adj deprived

1 sense of deprived

Sense 1
deprived, disadvantaged -- (marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law")

INDIRECT (VIA underprivileged) -> privileged -- (blessed with privileges; "the privileged few")

Similarity of adj deprived

1 sense of deprived

Sense 1
deprived, disadvantaged -- (marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences; "a childhood that was unhappy and deprived, the family living off charity"; "boys from a deprived environment, wherein the family life revealed a pattern of neglect, moral degradation, and disregard for law")
       => underprivileged (vs. privileged) -- (lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society)

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