| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage, bond |
Synonyms: |
burden, chain, coupling, enslavement, helotry, knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, oppression, peonage, serfdom, service, servility, servitude, slavery, tie |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bond together; join |
Synonyms: |
associate, attach, bracket, buckle, combine, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple, fasten, fix, harness, hitch, link, secure, splice, strap, tack, tie, unite, wed |
Antonyms: |
disconnect, disjoin |
| Main Entry: | associate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect in the mind |
Synonyms: |
affiliate, blend, bracket, combine, concord, conjoin, correlate, couple, group, identify, join, league, link, lump together, mix, pair, relate, think of together, unite, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disconnect, disjoin, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, separate, sever |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
Synonyms: |
adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate; restrict |
Synonyms: |
compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, hogtie, indenture, lock up, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, put half nelson on, put lock on, require, restrain, restrict, yoke |
Antonyms: |
allow, free, let, permit, set free |
| Main Entry: | bondage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slavery |
Synonyms: |
chains, enslavement, helotry, peonage, serfage, serfdom, servility, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, villenage, yoke |
Antonyms: |
freedom, independence |
| Main Entry: | connect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | combine, link |
Synonyms: |
affix, ally, associate, attach, bridge, cohere, come aboard, conjoin, consociate, correlate, couple, equate, fasten, get into, hitch on, hook on, hook up, interface, join, join up with, marry, meld with, network with, plug into, relate, slap on, span, tack on, tag, tag on, tie in, tie in with, unite, wed, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disconnect |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pair of things |
Synonyms: |
brace, couplet, deuce, doublet, duo, dyad, husband and wife, item, newlyweds, set, span, team, twain, twosome, yoke |
| Main Entry: | couple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | join two things |
Synonyms: |
bracket, bring together, buckle, clasp, coalesce, cohabit, come together, conjoin, conjugate, connect, copulate, harness, hitch, hook up, link, marry, match, pair, unite, wed, yoke |
Antonyms: |
disconnect, disjoin, divide, separate, unbuckle, uncouple |
| Main Entry: | dependence/dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | addiction, need |
Synonyms: |
attachment, contingency, habit, helplessness, hook, inability, security blanket, servility, subjection, subordination, subservience, vulnerability, weakness, yoke |
Antonyms: |
independence, subtraction, want |