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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
  • Still, the endeavor feels worth it for Pugh and Lee’s standout efforts, which etch their characters deep into one’s memory.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Eco effort Water sufficiency—including water recycling for irrigation in their treatment plant—in a notoriously dry part of the island is a notable part of the resort’s sustainability efforts.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 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
  • The new Brad Pitt vehicle, directed by David Ayer, takes pains to start with a scene that exists only to make this clear.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Joint and muscle pains are all too common for women in midlife.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of pains
Noun
  • To make things easy, stick to sweats or its Crepette line—this pants and jacket set in Flint Green is from the latter.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Wear it comfortably with jeans, sweats, skirts, leggings, and under cardigans, sweaters, denim jackets, and more.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 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
  • Spatola stepped out of fatigues and back on to the hardwood as an assistant coach for Duke basketball between 2007 and 2012.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2026
  • But unlike actual fatigues, this is cut to drape just right in all the right places and is clean of any distressing and patches.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatigues
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“Slaveries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaveries. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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