I refuse to be treated like a slave by you.
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Slave
//sleɪv//
Synonyms for "slave" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesMore specific
12 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesat location
10 entriescapable of
5 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
112 entriesShowing 16 of 112 words.
distinct from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesreceives action
2 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
used for
10 entriesTranslations
445 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
3 entries- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person owned by another)
- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to work for another)
- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person owned by another)
- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to work for another)
- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- 奴隸 /奴隶 noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
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)
- slave noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- slave noun (device that is controlled by another device)
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)
- sklavino noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- sklaviĉo noun (person owned by 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
4 entries- orja noun (person owned by another)
- orja noun (person forced to work for another)
- orja noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- orja noun (device that is controlled by another device)
French
4 entries- esclave noun (person owned by another)
- esclave noun (person forced to work for another)
- esclave noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- serf 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)
- escrava noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- escravo noun (person owned by another)
Georgian
1 entries- მონა noun (person owned by another)
German
4 entries- Folgegerät noun (device that is controlled by another device)
- Sexsklave noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- Sexsklavin noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- Sklave noun (person owned by another)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌺𐍃 noun (person owned by another)
Greek
4 entries- δευτερεύων noun (device that is controlled by another device)
- δούλα noun (person owned by another)
- δούλη noun (person owned by another)
- δούλος noun (person owned by 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
4 entries- אָמָה noun (person owned by another)
- עֶבֶד noun (person owned by another)
- עבד noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- 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
3 entries- þræll noun (person owned by another)
- púla verb (work hard)
- þræla verb (work hard)
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
4 entries- schiava noun (person owned by another)
- schiavo noun (person owned by another)
- schiavo noun (person forced to work for another)
- sgobbare verb (work hard)
Japanese
4 entries- スレーブ noun (device that is controlled by another device)
- 奴隷 noun (person owned by another)
- 奴隷 noun (person forced to work for another)
- 奴隷 noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
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)
- 노례 noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- 노예 noun (person owned by 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
4 entries- verdzene noun (person owned by another)
- vergs noun (person owned by another)
- vergs noun (person forced to work for another)
- vergs noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
Lingala
1 entries- moúmbu noun (person owned by another)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vérgas noun (person owned by another)
Macedonian
3 entries- роб noun (person owned by another)
- робинка noun (person owned by another)
- робува verb (work hard)
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- seksualslave noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sexslave noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sexslavinne noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- slave noun (person owned by another)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- seksualslave noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sexslave noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sexslavinne noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- slave 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
4 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)
- غلام noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
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)
- niewolnica noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- niewolnik noun (person owned by another)
Portuguese
4 entries- escrava noun (person owned by another)
- escrava noun (person forced to work for another)
- escrava noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- escrava noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
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- ведо́мое устро́йство noun (device that is controlled by another device)
- ведо́мый noun (device that is controlled by another device)
- нево́льник noun (person owned by another)
- нево́льник 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
3 entries- tràill noun (person owned by another)
- tràill noun (person forced to work for another)
- tràill noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
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)
- suženj noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sužnja noun (person owned by another)
Southern Altai
1 entries- кул noun (person owned by another)
Spanish
4 entries- esclava noun (person owned by another)
- esclava noun (submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually) serving)
- 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- sexslav noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- sexslavinna noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- slav noun (person owned by another)
- slav noun (person forced to work for another)
Tagalog
3 entries- alipin noun (person owned by another)
- busabos noun (person owned by another)
- magpaalipin verb (work hard)
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
3 entries- அடிமை noun (person owned by another)
- அடிமை noun (person forced to work for another)
- உழை verb (work hard)
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- cariye noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- esir noun (person owned by another)
- ikbal noun (person forced to perform sexual acts; (nonconsensual) sex slave)
- karavaş 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.
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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