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slavery - 7 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | slavery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of working under duress or without freedom |
| Synonyms: | bondage, captivity, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, grind, indenture, labor, restraint, servitude, thrall, toil, work, bullwork, chains constraint*, enthrallment, feudalism, helotry, menial labor, moil, peonage, serfdom, serfhood, subjection, subjugation, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | mastery |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | captivity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical detention by force |
| Synonyms: | bondage, confinement, constraint, custody, duress, enslavement, entombment, imprisonment, incarceration, jail, limbo, restraint, servitude, slavery, committal, durance, enthrallment, impoundment, internment, serfdom, subjection, thralldom, vassalage |
| Antonyms: | freedom, independence, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | drudgery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard, tedious work |
| Synonyms: | chore, daily grind, elbow grease*, grind*, labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout, backbreaker, gruntwork, menial labor |
| Antonyms: | snap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage, bond |
| Synonyms: | burden, chain, enslavement, knot, ligature, link, nexus, oppression, service, servitude, slavery, tie, coupling, helotry, ligament, peonage, serfdom, servility |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Main Entry: | enslavement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thralldom |
| Synonyms: | servitude, slavery, subjection |
| Main Entry: | labor camp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prison camp |
| Synonyms: | chain gang, hard labor, servitude, slavery, Gulag, corvee, forced labor camp, rock pile |
| Main Entry: | sweat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | chore, drudgery, effort, grind, labor, slavery, task, toil, travail, work, backbreaker, moil |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, recreation |
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