Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dispossess
1 sense of dispossess
Sense 1
dispossess -- (deprive of the possession of real estate)
=> deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")
Antonyms of adj dispossessed
1 sense of dispossessed
Sense 1
dispossessed, homeless, roofless -- (physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern)
INDIRECT (VIA unfortunate) -> fortunate -- (having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice")
Similarity of adj dispossessed
1 sense of dispossessed
Sense 1
dispossessed, homeless, roofless -- (physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another"- James Stern)
=> unfortunate (vs. fortunate) -- (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune; "an unfortunate turn of events"; "an unfortunate decision"; "unfortunate investments"; "an unfortunate night for all concerned")