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
  • The sliders and yokes offer a wide range of fit adjustments, easily stretching to accommodate an adult head.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 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
  • The play takes a strange turn when Heracles arrives amid his twelve labors.
    — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026
  • There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of labors
Noun
  • For the next three hours, the search continued, with efforts being coordinated from the Doyle.
    — Pedro Portal, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Some military groups have cheered the arch, but many others have opposed it or joined efforts to stop construction.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 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
  • During the chaos, two people suffered minor injuries and a third had chest pains, according to Chronister.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Some wet their beds, experience chest pains, or cry out at night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • The elastic waistband and relaxed silhouette are as comfy as sweats but more edgy and pulled together.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026
  • On Monday, Powlis stood before Judge Elizabeth Shamahs with a dispassionate look on his goateed face, dressed in a black fleece, black sweats and navy New Balance sneakers.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 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
  • Dressed in fatigues on the play’s cavernous, military hangar-like set and sporting a slight Southern accent, Whitford’s Jessep feels a world away from Josh Lyman.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Indeed, even after modern jeans were invented in the late 19th century, denim continued to be used to make such apparel as work jackets, prison uniforms, naval fatigues, and jumpsuits.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
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“Slaveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaveries. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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