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POSSESS Antonyms

There are 18 antonyms of the word possess. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For POSSESS

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bankrupt
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

adjective satellite

• financially ruined

verb

• reduce to bankruptcy

bereft
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

• sorrowful through loss or deprivation

deprived
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences

destitute
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• poor enough to need help from others

• completely wanting or lacking

devoid
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• completely wanting or lacking

dispossessed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security

impoverished
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• poor enough to need help from others

• destroyed financially

indigent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• poor enough to need help from others

lacking
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• inadequate in amount or degree

• nonexistent

minus
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• on the negative side or lower end of a scale

noun

• an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

adjective satellite

• involving disadvantage or harm

needy
adjectiveadj
noun

• needy people collectively

adjective satellite

• poor enough to need help from others

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

penniless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not having enough money to pay for necessities

poor
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having little money or few possessions

• characterized by or indicating poverty

• lacking in quality or substances

noun

• people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)

adjective satellite

• deserving or inciting pity

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

unfurnished
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not equipped with what is needed especially furniture

wanting
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective satellite

• nonexistent

• inadequate in amount or degree

unpossessed
adjectiveadj
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unprovided
adjectiveadj
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without
adverb

• Outside, externally. This is still used in the names of some civil parishes in England, e.g. St Cuthbert Without.

• Lacking something.

• In prostitution: without a condom being worn.

preposition

• Outside of, beyond.

• Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.

• Not doing or not having done something.

conjunction

• Unless, except (introducing a clause).

Alternatives for BANKRUPT

Alternatives for BEREFT

Alternatives for DEPRIVED

Alternatives for DESTITUTE

Alternatives for DEVOID

Alternatives for DISPOSSESSED

Alternatives for IMPOVERISHED

Alternatives for INDIGENT

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