Antonyms of verb enfranchise

1 of 2 senses of enfranchise

Sense 2
enfranchise -- (grant voting rights)
       Antonym of disenfranchise (Sense 1)
      => disenfranchise, disfranchise -- (deprive of voting rights)

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

2 senses of enfranchise

Sense 1
affranchise, enfranchise -- (grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century")
       => liberate, set free -- (grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university")

Sense 2
enfranchise -- (grant voting rights)
       => accord, allot, grant -- (allow to have; "grant a privilege")

Antonyms of adj enfranchised

1 sense of enfranchised

Sense 1
enfranchised (vs. disenfranchised) -- (endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote)

disenfranchised (vs. enfranchised), disfranchised, voiceless, voteless -- (deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets")

Similarity of adj enfranchised

1 sense of enfranchised

Sense 1
enfranchised (vs. disenfranchised) -- (endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote)

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