slave

Speech parts

1. slave - Noun

2. slave - Verb

3. Slave - Proper noun

Meaning

To enslave.

See Slav.

A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.

One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.

A drudge; one who labors like a slave.

An abject person; a wretch.

To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drudge bondman lackey minion servant captive laborer serf chattel vassal flunky knuckle down underling slavonic bullock
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

work individual person soul mortal somebody

Hyponyms

tool puppet creature bondsman bondswoman bondman

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

slaved slaving

Anagrams

salve valse Alves Elvas selva

Examples

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms. Seneca

The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God. John Chrysostom

Rather be a slave to a rich man than the spouse of a poor man. Hindi Proverb

If you call a lady a slave, she laughs, but if you call a slave a slave, he cries. Hindi Proverb

A slave shows his true character, not while he is enslaved but when he becomes a master. Jewish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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