Europe today is a political vassal of the USA.
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Vassal
//ˈvæsəl//
Synonyms for "vassal" (68 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (34)
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
97 translations across 35 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- վասալ noun (grantee of a fief)
Belarusian
1 entries- васа́л noun (grantee of a fief)
Bulgarian
2 entries- васалски adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- васа́л noun (grantee of a fief)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 僕從 /仆从 noun (servant)
- 奴僕 /奴仆 noun (servant)
- 封臣 noun (grantee of a fief)
- 附庸 noun (servant)
Czech
1 entries- vazal noun (grantee of a fief)
Danish
2 entries- vasal noun (grantee of a fief)
- vasal noun (servant)
Dutch
1 entries- vazal noun (grantee of a fief)
Esperanto
2 entries- vasalo noun (grantee of a fief)
- vasalo noun (servant)
Finnish
4 entries- alamainen adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- vasalli noun (grantee of a fief)
- vasalli noun (servant)
- orjuuttaa verb (to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave)
French
4 entries- vassal noun (grantee of a fief)
- vassal noun (servant)
- vassaliser verb (to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave)
- vassaliser verb (to subordinate to someone or something)
Galician
3 entries- servo noun (servant)
- vasalo noun (grantee of a fief)
- vasalo noun (servant)
Georgian
3 entries- ვასალური adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- ვასალი noun (grantee of a fief)
- ვასალი noun (servant)
German
4 entries- Büttel noun (servant)
- Dienstmann noun (servant)
- Entourage noun (servant)
- Gefolgsleute noun (grantee of a fief)
Hungarian
4 entries- hűbéresi adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- szolgai adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- vazallusi adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- alattvaló noun (servant)
Ido
1 entries- vasalo noun (servant)
Irish
4 entries- seirbhíseach adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- vasáilleach adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- seirbhíseach noun (servant)
- vasáilleach noun (grantee of a fief)
Italian
1 entries- vassallo noun (grantee of a fief)
Japanese
4 entries- 家臣 noun (servant)
- 封臣 noun (grantee of a fief)
- 幕臣 noun (grantee of a fief)
- 臣下 noun (servant)
Kazakh
1 entries- тәуелді noun (grantee of a fief)
Korean
1 entries- 봉신 noun (grantee of a fief)
Latin
4 entries- ambactus noun (grantee of a fief)
- ambactus noun (servant)
- cliēns noun (grantee of a fief)
- servus noun (servant)
Macedonian
4 entries- ва́зален adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- ва́залски adj (resembling a vassal; slavish; servile)
- ва́зал noun (grantee of a fief)
- ва́зал noun (servant)
Manx
1 entries- jiulean noun (grantee of a fief)
Māori
2 entries- awhenga noun (servant)
- wheteke noun (servant)
Norman
2 entries- vassa noun (grantee of a fief)
- vassa noun (servant)
Polish
1 entries- wasal noun (grantee of a fief)
Portuguese
3 entries- servo noun (servant)
- vassalo noun (grantee of a fief)
- vassalo noun (servant)
Quechua
1 entries- suyu runa noun (grantee of a fief)
Russian
2 entries- васса́л noun (grantee of a fief)
- васса́л noun (servant)
Slovak
1 entries- vazal noun (grantee of a fief)
Slovene
1 entries- vazal noun (grantee of a fief)
Spanish
4 entries- vasallo noun (grantee of a fief)
- vasallo noun (servant)
- avasallar verb (to treat as a vassal or to reduce to the position of a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave)
- avasallar verb (to subordinate to someone or something)
Swedish
1 entries- vasall noun (grantee of a fief)
Ukrainian
1 entries- васа́л noun (grantee of a fief)
Volapük
1 entries- vasal noun (grantee of a fief)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Tom was filled with deep-seated, seething hatred of John and wanted to kill him, to strike him with a club or with a sword. However, he could not do that. He had to remain loyal to him as his vassal, to stand beside him in battle and look on as this man was ever accompanied by Mary, whom he, Tom, had fallen in love with already as a little boy.
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Around this world, many countries have become vassal states of the USA, and they are learning the American language. Is this world geopolitically unipolar today?
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The suzerainty agreement gave the ruling state authority over its vassal.
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