Synonyms of yokes

yokes 1 of 2

noun

plural of yoke

as in slaveries

the state of being an enslaved person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaveries
• bondages
• servitudes
• enslavements
• servilities
• thralls
• captivities
• subjugations
• thralldoms
• subjections
• imprisonments
• serfdoms
• dependences
• peonages
• enchainments
• incarcerations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freedoms
• liberties
• liberations
• emancipations
• manumissions
• sovereignties
• autonomies
• enfranchisements
• independences

yokes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of yoke

as in strings

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

• strings
• connects
• chains
• couples
• integrates
• links
• interconnects
• hooks
• compounds
• combines
• wires
• interlinks
• concatenates
• hitches
• conjugates
• joins
• welds
• interlocks
• cords
• dovetails
• catenates
• fuses
• articulates
• intermeshes
• cements
• unites
• coalesces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disconnects
• separates
• parts
• splits
• uncouples
• divides
• disjoins
• detaches
• disengages
• unchains
• unyokes
• unhitches
• disunites
• unlinks
• disjoints
• severs
• cleaves
• dissevers
• ruptures
• sunders

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of yokes

Noun

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, 10 July 2026

His shirts also featured yokes and wider cuffs, a departure from the norm at the time. — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 16 June 2026

Both suits have sleeveless coveralls with yokes, front and back, of Lycra stretch knit. — The Editors, Outside, 20 Dec. 2025

The characters from Malczewski’s canvases march through successive decades, fighting and fleeing various yokes. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025