divest

Other forms of divest

past tense

divested·

present participle

divesting·

third person

divests·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divest

What does divest mean?

divest means "take away possessions from someone". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divest?

divest has 2 syllables: di-vest. The stress falls on "vest". In IPA it is /daɪˈvɛst/.

What is another word for divest?

Close synonyms include deprive, strip, disinvest, disinvest, strip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of divest?

The recorded antonyms are invest, invest.

Is divest a common word?

divest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with divest?

2 words rhyme with divest. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.