Entry Word: slave

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a person who is considered the property of another person <many American slaves reached freedom in the North through the network known as the Underground Railroad>

Synonyms bondman, bondsman, chattel, thrall

Related Words helot, serf; attendant, domestic, drudge, lackey, menial, servant

Near Antonyms freedman; enslaver, slave driver, slaveholder, slaver; master, taskmaster

Antonyms freeman

2 a person who does very hard or dull work <unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork>

Synonyms drudge, drudger, fag, grubber, laborer, peon, plugger, slogger, toiler, worker

Related Words workhorse; coolie, serf

Near Antonyms goldbrick, shirker; drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard