Synonyms of yoke

yoke 1 of 2

noun

ˈyōk 

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person

a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slavery
• bondage
• servitude
• enslavement
• servility
• thralldom
• thrall
• serfdom
• captivity
• subjugation
• subjection
• peonage
• dependence
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• enchainment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freedom
• liberty
• liberation
• emancipation
• independence
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• enfranchisement
• manumission
• self-government

yoke

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verb

as in to connect

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connect
• string
• couple
• integrate
• link
• hook
• interconnect
• chain
• compound
• hitch
• combine
• conjugate
• cord
• join
• concatenate
• weld
• wire
• interlock
• interlink
• dovetail
• catenate
• fuse
• intermesh
• cement
• articulate
• unite
• coalesce

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disconnect
• separate
• unhitch
• split
• uncouple
• disunite
• divide
• detach
• part
• disengage
• unyoke
• dissever
• unchain
• disjoin
• sever
• unlink
• disjoint
• cleave
• rupture
• sunder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yoke

Noun

Why, after all, did the feudal lords of the South, loyal to Church and throne, throw off the royal yoke to join the Revolution? — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Down Pennsylvania Avenue, a man in a karate gi, disposable gloves, and dirty white sneakers was hauling a cart by means of a homemade yoke strapped across his shoulders. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Verb

Rockwell also impulsively yokes in Ingrid (Haley Lu Richardson), a grungy girl in a princess dress, who seems to be on her own suicide mission. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026

The male stands at an impressive six feet ten inches long, yoked to the max with rippling muscles. — Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 1 Feb. 2026