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")

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