Synonyms of slave

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noun

1

as in servant

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 & Similar Words

• servant
• bondsman
• bondman
• chattel
• thrall
• serf
• handmaid
• bondswoman
• bondwoman
• attendant
• domestic
• helot
• handmaiden
• lackey
• indentured servant
• bond servant
• drudge
• odalisque
• menial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeman
• freedman
• slaver
• slaveholder
• master
• slave driver
• freedwoman
• taskmaster
• enslaver

2

as in laborer

a person who does very hard or dull work

unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborer
• worker
• peon
• toiler
• foot soldier
• plugger
• grunt
• dogsbody
• grub
• drudge
• grubber
• drone
• serf
• drudger
• slogger
• workhorse

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirker
• idler
• slug
• loafer
• sluggard
• slouch
• goldbrick
• lazybones

slave

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verb

as in to labor

to devote serious and sustained effort

slaving over a hot stove

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labor
• struggle
• strive
• work
• toil
• tug
• endeavor
• plow
• sweat
• try
• dig (away)
• hustle
• drudge
• grub
• beaver (away)
• plug
• bang away
• strain
• peg (away)
• travail
• fag
• apply (oneself)
• sweat blood
• hump
• pitch in
• plod
• buckle (down)
• moil
• slog
• exercise
• essay
• attack
• hammer (away)
• drive
• dig in
• scratch
• exert
• eke out
• grind (out)
• knuckle down
• overwork
• put out
• overexert
• wade
• trudge
• scrabble

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break
• ease (up)
• bum
• idle
• slacken
• lounge
• hang (around or out)
• let up
• rest
• hack (around)
• loaf
• slack (off)
• shirk
• goof (off)
• chill
• relax
• play
• laze
• veg out
• unwind
• repose
• bask
• hang
• loll
• trifle
• fool around
• footle
• goldbrick
• dally
• goof (around)
• dabble
• dillydally
• hang about
• monkey (around)
• doodle
• mess around
• potter (around)
• putter (around)
• fribble

Phrases Containing slave

• slave (for)
• slave driver