Divest (Verb)

Meaning 1

Deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

  • Disinvest

Antonyms

  • Invest

Hypernyms

  • Discharge

Hyponyms

  • Unfrock

Meaning 2

Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

  • Undress
  • Strip
  • Disinvest

Hypernyms

  • Remove
  • Take
  • Withdraw

Meaning 3

Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Disinvest

Antonyms

  • Invest

Hypernyms

  • Take Out
  • Draw
  • Draw Off

Related Words

  • Divestiture (noun)

Meaning 4

Take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Deprive
  • Strip

Hypernyms

  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Unarm
  • Expropriate
  • Clean Out
  • Disarm
  • Clean
  • Dispossess
  • Orphan
  • Unclothe
  • Unsex
  • Bereave

Related Words

  • Divestiture (noun)
Copyright © 2023 Taragana Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy