Definition for Bereavement:

• The act of bereaving, or the state of being bereaved; an afflictive loss.

Synonyms for Bereavement:

• n.

  •
  • demise.
  •death; loss (noun)
  • deprivation,
  • misfortune,
  • distress,
  • tribulation,
  • sorrow.
  •loss (noun)
  • losing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dying,
  • mortality,
  • bereaved,
  • morbidity.
  •
  • quietus,
  • flatline,
  • ghoulish.
  •
  • passing.
  •
  • lose.
  •Other relevant words:
  • departure,
  • ruin,
  • perdition,
  • Disherison,
  • dissolution,
  • Relieving,
  • desolation,
  • melancholy,
  • Divestment,
  • decease,
  • obit,
  • disappearance,
  • forfeiture,
  • forfeit,
  • cost,
  • remembrance,
  • injury,
  • respect,
  • abridgment,
  • dispossession,
  • damage,
  • chastening,
  • taking away,
  • despair,
  • losing streak,
  • anguish,
  • fall,
  • waste,
  • distraint,
  • curtailment,
  • release,
  • denudation,
  • detriment,
  • woe,
  • misery,
  • robbery,
  • passing away,
  • loser,
  • denial,
  • stripping,
  • heartache,
  • lament,
  • dolour,
  • sacrifice,
  • harm,
  • destruction,
  • confiscation,
  • disentitlement,
  • privation,
  • woefulness,
  • squandering,
  • rest,
  • eviction,
  • ill,
  • debit,
  • despondency,
  • spoliation,
  • expense,
  • total loss,
  • sadness,
  • chastisement,
  • despoilment,
  • failure,
  • repentance,
  • riddance,
  • sequestration,
  • disburdening,
  • Deprivement,
  • defeat.

Paraphrases for Bereavement:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Dies.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    grieving.
  • Proper noun, singular
    mourning, grief.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    grieving, mourning, loss, sorrow, grief.

Antonyms for Bereavement:

• n.

  • death; loss
    happiness, health, comfort.
  • Other antonyms:
    consolation, relief, boon, gratification, pleasure, good luck, success, prosperity, blessing, good fortune, joy, triumph.

Hyponym for Bereavement:

• n.

  • state
    sorrow, sorrowfulness, sadness.