Synonyms of thrall

thrall

noun

ˈthrȯl 

1

as in slave

a person who is considered the property of another person

I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slave
• bondsman
• servant
• bondman
• chattel
• serf
• handmaid
• handmaiden
• bondwoman
• bondswoman
• lackey
• helot
• domestic
• drudge
• indentured servant
• bond servant
• attendant
• menial
• odalisque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeman
• slaver
• freedman
• master
• slaveholder
• slave driver
• taskmaster
• freedwoman
• enslaver

2

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person

a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of thrall

Salesforce projects those discounts will only grow once consumers find them fully in the thralls of Cyber Week. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

Under his thrall, the anti-immigrant wing of the GOP has mushroomed, its rhetoric increasingly frightening to Chamber of Commerce types, many told me in interviews. —Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024

Celebrities are really in the thralls of them right now. —Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024

Mary Ellis emerges from the silo and transfers Assassin to Travis, freeing the real Mary Ellis from her thrall. —James Grebey, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024