Synonyms of slaves

slaves 1 of 2

noun

plural of slave

1

as in bondsmen

a person who is considered the property of another person

many American slaves reached freedom in the North through the network known as the Underground Railroad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bondsmen
• servants
• bondmen
• chattels
• thralls
• serfs
• helots
• handmaids
• bondwomen
• menials
• domestics
• attendants
• bondswomen
• lackeys
• indentured servants
• handmaidens
• bond servants
• odalisques
• drudges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freemen
• freedmen
• slaveholders
• slavers
• masters
• freedwomen
• enslavers
• slave drivers
• taskmasters

2

as in laborers

a person who does very hard or dull work

unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laborers
• workers
• peones
• peons
• toilers
• grubs
• foot soldiers
• grubbers
• pluggers
• drudges
• grunts
• drones
• dogsbodies
• serfs
• drudgers
• sloggers
• workhorses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shirkers
• idlers
• loafers
• slugs
• sluggards
• goldbricks
• lazybones
• slouches

slaves

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verb

present tense third-person singular of slave

as in labors

to devote serious and sustained effort

slaving over a hot stove

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labors
• struggles
• strives
• works
• endeavors
• toils
• plows
• tugs
• drudges
• fags
• grubs
• tries
• sweats
• pegs (away)
• humps
• hustles
• digs (away)
• plugs
• bangs away
• strains
• travails
• beavers (away)
• sweats blood
• applies (oneself)
• plods
• slogs
• buckles (down)
• hammers (away)
• moils
• pitches in
• knuckles down
• attacks
• exercises
• grinds (out)
• drives
• essays
• exerts
• scratches
• digs in
• ekes out
• overworks
• overexerts
• wades
• trudges
• puts out
• scrabbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaks
• eases (up)
• slackens
• bums
• hangs (around or out)
• slacks (off)
• lets up
• lounges
• goldbricks
• chills
• loafs
• dillydallies
• dallies
• lazes
• hacks (around)
• shirks
• rests
• idles
• goofs (off)
• lolls
• plays
• footles
• reposes
• relaxes
• basks
• unwinds
• trifles
• veges out
• fribbles
• hangs
• fools around
• vegges out
• monkeys (around)
• hangs about
• potters (around)
• doodles
• putters (around)
• messes around
• dabbles
• goofs (around)