Synonyms of subjugated

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adjective

as in subdued

Related Words

• subdued
• kidnapped
• occupied
• abducted
• enslaved
• trapped
• confined
• captured
• bound
• imprisoned
• indentured
• arrested
• captive
• ensnared
• incarcerated
• caught
• jailed
• apprehended
• interned

Dissimilar Words

• free
• unrestrained
• unconfined
• liberated
• released
• emancipated
• freed
• delivered
• enfranchised
• paroled

subjugated

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verb

past tense of subjugate

as in conquered

to bring under one's control by force of arms

explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquered
• dominated
• subjected
• subdued
• defeated
• enslaved
• vanquished
• subordinated
• overcame
• pacified
• overpowered
• reduced
• crushed
• annihilated
• beat
• smashed
• whipped
• suppressed
• licked
• routed
• thrashed
• prevailed (over)
• repressed
• quelled
• triumphed (over)
• silenced
• mowed (down)
• clobbered
• trounced
• smothered
• squelched
• squashed
• quashed
• drubbed
• walloped
• snuffed (out)
• put down
• skunked
• broke
• clamped down (on)
• cracked down (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberated
• freed
• emancipated
• enfranchised
• discharged
• released
• sprang
• manumitted
• unbound
• unfettered
• unchained
• uncaged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subjugated

Verb

In a country like India, subjugated early in the history of capitalist imperialism, and then bullied after independence by the West, a degree of self-renunciation and collective sacrifice was widely understood to be requisite to economic and political self-strengthening. — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

This campy, reality-shifting comedy series questions what would happen if a flaming misogynist woke up in a world that was completely matriarchal and subjugated men based on their gender. — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026

Everflame is set in a world where mortals live in poverty, subjugated by an elite race known as the Descended. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026

Americans have been skeptical of brown-skinned people since the days of the Alamo, always fearful Latinos are one step away from insurrection and thus must always be subjugated. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026

It’s subjugated to a larger sense of what’s called the universal destination of all goods. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026

The Spanish subjugated and enslaved the indigenous population of the Canaries—the Guanches—exporting some of them to Madeira or Europe, while others were forced to labor on Canarian sugar plantations. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

All expanded the Russian empire -- and subjugated the people and areas that now form Ukraine. — David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025