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yoke

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of yoke

the state of being a slave

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

bondage, enslavement, servility, servitude, slavery, thrall, thralldom (or thraldom)
Words Related to yoke

peonage, serfdom

dependence (also dependance), subjection, subjugation

captivity, enchainment, imprisonment, incarceration
Near Antonyms of yoke

emancipation, enfranchisement, liberation, manumission

autonomy, independence, self-government, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Antonyms of yoke

freedom, liberty

yoke

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of yoke

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 of yoke

catenate, chain, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link
Words Related to yoke

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld
Near Antonyms of yoke

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder
Antonyms of yoke

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke

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