slaveries

noun

plural of slavery
1
as in enslavements
the state of being an enslaved person a child born into slavery

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2
as in labors
very hard or unpleasant work endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaveries
  1. yokes
  2. labors
  3. efforts
  4. toils
  5. pains
  6. sweats
  7. drudgeries
  8. fatigues
Noun
  • Marshall has swapped in more leatherette, which covers just about everything except the metal yokes.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Forest Service officials, their patience having long evaporated, arrived in force, handcuffing and hauling the occupiers out by the yokes of their flannels, then bulldozing the camp.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of yokes
Noun
  • Teaching and coaching are labors of love passed down from Lee’s father, Robert, who spent his career coaching and teaching students in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools.
    — PJ Green August 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Exclusion generates the prestige toward which unpaid labors strive.
    — M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of labors
Noun
  • Rød-Larsen's lawyer, John Christian Elden of the Norwegian law firm Elden Law, welcomed Norwegian law enforcement efforts to seek additional evidence from DOJ.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Since then, awareness and efforts to combat AMR have increased – but so has the threat.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • The gods themselves are also an unnerving presence, omnipresent beings of colossal power who see humans as their playthings and view Ulysses' toils as some twisted spectator sport.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • There has to be a chance that Jos Buttler’s toils in Sri Lanka and India represent his last ventures on the international stage, and therefore the end of an era.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of toils
Noun
  • If 2024 was the growing-pains season, when Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese entered as rookies and were still paid around $75,000, 2025 was defined by impending CBA negotiations.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
  • West Nile symptoms A full 80% of those infected may not show symptoms, but 20% have flu-like symptoms, such as a fever with headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea, rash or fatigue.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • They’ve been worn by Jennifer Lawrence, Oprah, and Gwyneth Paltrow, the latter of whom convinced me that heels and sweats might be the perfect combo.
    — Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Check it out here to see relaxed, beach-ready sweats; tops with retro, souvenir-esque prints; and more.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sweats
Noun
  • Aesthetic experiences were here not reserved for museums or the elite, but folded in along with daily drudgeries.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Your inner lover girl is dying for some time in the sun, for a vacation from your usual drudgeries.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of drudgeries
Noun
  • His military officer's cap and saber rested on the coffin, which was flanked by men in fatigues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Castro looked frail and thinner In his traditional olive-green fatigues, but was seen walking, standing and talking.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatigues
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“Slaveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaveries. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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