Slave

/sleɪv/

Synonyms for "slave" (178 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (36)

Noun(5 words)

addict bonded bondservant bondsmen bondwoman

agent ancillaapple polisherapple-polisher appliance ass-licker attendant backscratcher backslapperbear downbeast of burdenbondmaid bondman bondslave bondsman bondswoman bootlick bootlickerbrown nosebrown-nose

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brownieburn the midnight oilcaptivecharlie mccarthychattelchattel slavechurl clawback concubine

Verb(2 words)

break one's backbuckle down

Strong matches (53)

contrivance coolie courtier creature cringerdebt slavedependent devicedo double dutydray horsedrudge dummy dupe elucubrate fagfaithful servantfawner feudatory flatterer flunkey

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flunky follower footlickergalley slavego betweengo-between gofergreasy grindgrind groveler grub hack handmaid handmaiden handshakerhanger onhanger-on helot help hierodulehit the ballhomager hustle implement inferior instrument interagent

Noun(6 words)

darkey dependent enslave enslavedhard workerindentured servant

Related words (89)

intermediary intermediate intermedium jackal kowtower labor laborer lackeyled captainlever lickspit lickspittle liegeliege manliege subjectlucubrate mealymouth mechanism mediator medium

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menial midwife minion moil muck myrmidon odalisque organ overwork pawn peon plaything plod plodderpour it onpuppet retainer scratch scullion serf servant slavey slog slogger spaniel stooge subject subordinate suck sweat swot sycophant theow thrall timeserver toad toady toil toiler tool toy truckler tufthunter underling understrapper vassal vehicle villeinwork hardwork latework overtimeworkhorse yeomanyes manyes-man

Verb(1 words)

knuckle down

Noun(12 words)

labor intenselysecondary serf spartacus striver subjugate subjugated subordinate thrall thrallswork hardworkaholic

Adjective(1 words)

roman slave

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

17 entries

actor beingcomputing terminologycontroldescriptive termdo workdoer domination effort labor oppression personqualitative attributetechnical descriptorwork

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

18 entries

addictbonded statusbondservantchild labordebt bondagedomestic servitudeenslaved personextensive researchforced laborintense laborlong hoursmeticulous workserfslave driveslave nodeslave port

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

12 entries

debt bondagedomestic servitudeenslaved personforced laborracial slaveryslave laborslave marketslave ownerslave quartersslave shipslave stateslave trade

Inflections

5 entries

more slave-likemost slave-likeslaved slaves slaving

Derivations

8 entries

enslave enslavement slaveholding slavehood slavelike slaver slavery slavish

Translations

360 translations across 157 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

slaaf noun (person owned by another)

Aghwan

1 entries

𐕎𐔰𐔼𐔽𐕒𐕡 noun (person owned by another)

Ahom

1 entries

𑜁𑜠 noun (person owned by another)

Akkadian

1 entries

𒀴 noun (person owned by another)

Albanian

3 entries

shkarth noun (person owned by another)
skllav noun (person owned by another)
skllave noun (person owned by another)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

Κιλλύριοι noun (person owned by another)
δούλη noun (person owned by another)
δούλος noun (person forced to work for another)
δοῦλος noun (person owned by another)

Arabic

2 entries

أَمَة noun (person owned by another)
عَبْد noun (person owned by another)

Aramaic

2 entries

ܐܡܬܐ noun (person owned by another)
ܥܒܕܐ noun (person owned by another)

Armenian

2 entries

ստրուկ noun (person owned by another)
ստրուկ noun (person forced to work for another)

Aromanian

2 entries

rob noun (person owned by another)
sclav noun (person owned by another)

Assamese

1 entries

দাস noun (person owned by another)

Asturian

1 entries

esclavu noun (person owned by another)

Avar

1 entries

лагъ noun (person owned by another)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

kölə noun (person owned by another)
qul noun (person owned by another)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡол noun (person owned by another)

Belarusian

4 entries

няво́льнiк noun (person owned by another)
няво́льнiца noun (person owned by another)
раб noun (person owned by another)
рабы́ня noun (person owned by another)

Bengali

3 entries

গোলাম noun (person owned by another)
দাস noun (person owned by another)
বান্দা noun (person owned by another)

Bikol Central

1 entries

uripon noun (person owned by another)

Breton

1 entries

sklav noun (person owned by another)

Bulgarian

4 entries

нево́лник noun (person owned by another)
нево́лница noun (person owned by another)
роб noun (person owned by another)
роб noun (person forced to work for another)

Burmese

2 entries

ကျွန် noun (person owned by another)
ကျွန်မ noun (person owned by another)

Catalan

4 entries

esclau noun (person owned by another)
esclau noun (person forced to work for another)
esclava noun (person owned by another)
esclava noun (person forced to work for another)

Cebuano

1 entries

ulipon noun (person owned by another)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries

عبد noun (person owned by another)

Chechen

1 entries

лай noun (person owned by another)

Chickasaw

2 entries

hattak yoka' noun (person owned by another)
hattak yoka' noun (person forced to work for another)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person owned by another)
奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to work for another)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person owned by another)
奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to work for another)

Church Slavic

2 entries

рабъ noun (person owned by another)
робъ noun (person owned by another)

Chuvash

1 entries

чура noun (person owned by another)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

qul noun (person owned by another)
qul noun (person forced to work for another)

Czech

4 entries

nevolníce noun (person forced to work for another)
nevolník noun (person forced to work for another)
otrok noun (person owned by another)
otrokyně noun (person owned by another)

Danish

4 entries

slave noun (person owned by another)
slave noun (person forced to work for another)
slavinde noun (person owned by another)
træl noun (person owned by another)

Dolgan

1 entries

кулут noun (person owned by another)

Dutch

3 entries

slaaf noun (person owned by another)
slavin noun (person owned by another)
tot slaaf gemaakte noun (person owned by another)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

кул noun (person owned by another)

Esperanto

4 entries

sklavino noun (person owned by another)
sklavino noun (person forced to work for another)
sklaviĉo noun (person owned by another)
sklaviĉo noun (person forced to work for another)

Estonian

1 entries

ori noun (person owned by another)

Faroese

3 entries

trælkona noun (person owned by another)
trællur noun (person owned by another)
trælur noun (person owned by another)

Finnish

2 entries

orja noun (person owned by another)
orja noun (person forced to work for another)

French

4 entries

esclave noun (person owned by another)
esclave noun (person forced to work for another)
serf noun (person owned by another)
serve noun (person owned by another)

Friulian

2 entries

sclâf noun (person owned by another)
sclâv noun (person owned by another)

Galician

4 entries

escrava noun (person owned by another)
escrava noun (person forced to work for another)
escravo noun (person owned by another)
escravo noun (person forced to work for another)

Georgian

1 entries

მონა noun (person owned by another)

German

4 entries

Sklave noun (person owned by another)
Sklave noun (person forced to work for another)
Sklavin noun (person owned by another)
Sklavin noun (person forced to work for another)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 noun (person owned by another)

Greek

4 entries

δούλα noun (person owned by another)
δούλη noun (person owned by another)
δούλος noun (person owned by another)
δούλος noun (person forced to work for another)

Greenlandic

1 entries

inussiaq noun (person owned by another)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

esklav noun (person owned by another)

Hanunoo

2 entries

alipin noun (person owned by another)
uripon noun (person owned by another)

Hausa

2 entries

baiwa noun (person owned by another)
bawa noun (person owned by another)

Hebrew

3 entries

אָמָה noun (person owned by another)
עֶבֶד noun (person owned by another)
שִׁפְחָה noun (person owned by another)

Higaonon

1 entries

ulipon noun (person owned by another)

Hindi

3 entries

ग़ुलाम noun (person owned by another)
दास noun (person owned by another)
दासी noun (person owned by another)

Hungarian

1 entries

rabszolga noun (person owned by another)

Icelandic

1 entries

þræll noun (person owned by another)

Ido

3 entries

sklavino noun (person owned by another)
sklavo noun (person owned by another)
sklavulo noun (person owned by another)

Indonesian

4 entries

budak noun (person owned by another)
budak noun (person forced to work for another)
hamba noun (person owned by another)
hamba noun (person forced to work for another)

Ingrian

1 entries

orjalain noun (person owned by another)

Ingush

1 entries

лай noun (person owned by another)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

بَرْدِه noun (person owned by another)
بَنْدِه noun (person owned by another)
عَبْد noun (person owned by another)
غُلام noun (person owned by another)

Irish

2 entries

sclábhaí noun (person owned by another)
sclábhaí noun (person forced to work for another)

Italian

3 entries

schiava noun (person owned by another)
schiavo noun (person owned by another)
schiavo noun (person forced to work for another)

Japanese

2 entries

奴隷 noun (person owned by another)
奴隷 noun (person forced to work for another)

Kalmyk

2 entries

бөгл noun (person owned by another)
мухла noun (person owned by another)

Kannada

2 entries

ಗುಲಾಮ noun (person owned by another)
ಗುಲಾಮ noun (person forced to work for another)

Kapampangan

2 entries

alipan noun (person owned by another)
ipus noun (person owned by another)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

къул noun (person owned by another)

Kazakh

1 entries

құл noun (person owned by another)

Khakas

1 entries

хул noun (person owned by another)

Khmer

4 entries

កញ្ជះ noun (person owned by another)
កុដធារិកា noun (person owned by another)
ខ្ញុំ noun (person owned by another)
បរាធីន noun (person owned by another)

Korean

4 entries

노례 noun (person owned by another)
노례 noun (person forced to work for another)
노예 noun (person owned by another)
노예 noun (person forced to work for another)

Kumyk

1 entries

къул noun (person owned by another)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кул noun (person owned by another)

Lao

1 entries

ຂ້າ noun (person owned by another)

Latgalian

1 entries

viergs noun (person owned by another)

Latin

4 entries

ancilla noun (person owned by another)
sclava noun (person owned by another)
sclavus noun (person owned by another)
serva noun (person owned by another)

Latvian

3 entries

verdzene noun (person owned by another)
vergs noun (person owned by another)
vergs noun (person forced to work for another)

Lingala

1 entries

moúmbu noun (person owned by another)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vérgas noun (person owned by another)

Macedonian

2 entries

роб noun (person owned by another)
робинка noun (person owned by another)

Maguindanao

1 entries

ulipen noun (person owned by another)

Malagasy

1 entries

andevo noun (person owned by another)

Malay

1 entries

hamba noun (person owned by another)

Malayalam

1 entries

അടിമ noun (person owned by another)

Maltese

2 entries

lsir noun (person owned by another)
skjav noun (person owned by another)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᡥᠠ noun (person owned by another)

Manx

1 entries

sleab noun (person owned by another)

Maranao

1 entries

oripen noun (person owned by another)

Middle English

3 entries

sclave noun (person owned by another)
sclave noun (person forced to work for another)
thral noun (person owned by another)

Mongolian

1 entries

боол noun (person owned by another)

Mwani

1 entries

muja noun (person owned by another)

Māori

4 entries

apa noun (person owned by another)
kahunga noun (person owned by another)
kakanga noun (person owned by another)
mōkai noun (person owned by another)

Navajo

1 entries

naalté noun (person owned by another)

Nepali

1 entries

दास noun (person owned by another)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

slave noun (person owned by another)
slavinne noun (person owned by another)
trell noun (person owned by another)
trellkvinne noun (person owned by another)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries

slave noun (person owned by another)
slavinne noun (person owned by another)
træl noun (person owned by another)
trælkvinne noun (person owned by another)

Occitan

1 entries

esclau noun (person owned by another)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

рабъ noun (person owned by another)
робъ noun (person owned by another)

Old English

2 entries

þēo noun (person owned by another)
þēow noun (person owned by another)

Old Irish

2 entries

mug noun (person owned by another)
mug noun (person forced to work for another)

Old Norse

1 entries

þræll noun (person owned by another)

Oromo

1 entries

garba noun (person owned by another)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اسیر noun (person owned by another)
اسیر noun (person forced to work for another)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

раб noun (person owned by another)
раба noun (person owned by another)

Pashto

1 entries

غلام noun (person owned by another)

Persian

3 entries

برده noun (person forced to work for another)
بنده noun (person forced to work for another)
غلام noun (person forced to work for another)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Sklow noun (person owned by another)

Polish

4 entries

niewolnica noun (person owned by another)
niewolnica noun (person forced to work for another)
niewolnik noun (person owned by another)
niewolnik noun (person forced to work for another)

Portuguese

4 entries

escrava noun (person owned by another)
escrava noun (person forced to work for another)
escravo noun (person owned by another)
escravo noun (person forced to work for another)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਗੁਲਾਮ noun (person owned by another)

Romani

4 entries

dul noun (person owned by another)
dul noun (person forced to work for another)
dula noun (person owned by another)
dula noun (person forced to work for another)

Romanian

4 entries

rob noun (person owned by another)
sclav noun (person owned by another)
serv noun (person owned by another)
șerb noun (person owned by another)

Russian

4 entries

нево́льник noun (person owned by another)
нево́льник noun (person forced to work for another)
нево́льница noun (person owned by another)
нево́льница noun (person forced to work for another)

Saanich

1 entries

sqíeŧ noun (person owned by another)

Sanskrit

1 entries

दास noun (person owned by another)

Sardinian

4 entries

isciabu noun (person owned by another)
isciau noun (person owned by another)
isclavu noun (person owned by another)
iscrau noun (person owned by another)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

tràill noun (person owned by another)
tràill noun (person forced to work for another)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ròbinja noun (person owned by another)
rȍb noun (person owned by another)
ро̀биња noun (person owned by another)
ро̏б noun (person owned by another)

Shan

1 entries

ၶႃႈ noun (person owned by another)

Shor

1 entries

қул noun (person owned by another)

Sicilian

1 entries

schiavu noun (person owned by another)

Sinhalese

1 entries

දාසයා noun (person owned by another)

Slovak

2 entries

otrok noun (person owned by another)
otrokyňa noun (person owned by another)

Slovene

4 entries

suženj noun (person owned by another)
suženj noun (person forced to work for another)
sužnja noun (person owned by another)
sužnja noun (person forced to work for another)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кул noun (person owned by another)

Spanish

3 entries

esclava noun (person owned by another)
esclavo noun (person owned by another)
esclavo noun (person forced to work for another)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

srafu noun (person owned by another)

Sumerian

2 entries

𒀴 noun (person owned by another)
𒀵 noun (person owned by another)

Swahili

2 entries

mtumwa noun (person owned by another)
mtumwa noun (person forced to work for another)

Swedish

4 entries

slav noun (person owned by another)
slav noun (person forced to work for another)
slavinna noun (person owned by another)
slavinna noun (person forced to work for another)

Tagalog

2 entries

alipin noun (person owned by another)
busabos noun (person owned by another)

Tajik

4 entries

абд noun (person owned by another)
асир noun (person owned by another)
банда noun (person owned by another)
барда noun (person owned by another)

Tamil

2 entries

அடிமை noun (person owned by another)
அடிமை noun (person forced to work for another)

Tarifit

2 entries

ismeɣ noun (person owned by another)
tayya noun (person owned by another)

Tatar

1 entries

кол noun (person owned by another)

Telugu

2 entries

దాసుడు noun (person owned by another)
బానిస noun (person owned by another)

Thai

2 entries

ข้า noun (person owned by another)
ทาส noun (person owned by another)

Tibetan

1 entries

བྲན་གཡོག noun (person owned by another)

Tocharian B

3 entries

käryau noun (person owned by another)
mañiya noun (person owned by another)
mañiye noun (person owned by another)

Turkish

4 entries

esir noun (person owned by another)
karavaş noun (person owned by another)
kul noun (person owned by another)
köle noun (person owned by another)

Turkmen

1 entries

gul noun (person owned by another)

Udi

1 entries

неъиъшӏ noun (person owned by another)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎓𐎁𐎄 noun (person owned by another)

Ukrainian

4 entries

неві́льник noun (person owned by another)
неві́льниця noun (person owned by another)
раб noun (person owned by another)
раби́ня noun (person owned by another)

Umbundu

1 entries

upika noun (person owned by another)

Urdu

4 entries

بَنْدَہ noun (person owned by another)
داس noun (person owned by another)
داسی noun (person owned by another)
عَبْد noun (person owned by another)

Uyghur

1 entries

قۇل noun (person owned by another)

Uzbek

3 entries

asir noun (person owned by another)
banda noun (person owned by another)
qul noun (person owned by another)

Venetan

2 entries

sciava noun (person owned by another)
sciavo noun (person owned by another)

Vietnamese

1 entries

nô lệ noun (person owned by another)

Volapük

4 entries

hislafan noun (person owned by another)
hislafan noun (person forced to work for another)
jislafan noun (person owned by another)
jislafan noun (person forced to work for another)

Welsh

2 entries

caethwas noun (person owned by another)
slaf noun (person owned by another)

Yakut

1 entries

кулут noun (person owned by another)

Yiddish

2 entries

קנעכט noun (person owned by another)
שקלאַף noun (person owned by another)

Yoruba

2 entries

ẹrú noun (person owned by another)
ẹrú noun (person forced to work for another)

Zhuang

1 entries

hoiq noun (person owned by another)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I refuse to be treated like a slave by you.

Source: tatoeba (17451)

The section chief made me work like a slave.

Source: tatoeba (23659)

The slave ran for his life.

Source: tatoeba (44781)

The slave was anxious to alter his destiny.

Source: tatoeba (44782)

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