bereave
0 synonyms and 0 antonyms for bereave, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
We haven't recorded synonyms for bereave yet. You can still read its full definition, where it comes from, or words that rhyme with it.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bireven, from Old English berēafian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną, and Old English berēofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- + reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben...
Full origin of bereave →