Synonyms for slavery
ˈsleɪ və ri, ˈsleɪv rislav·e·ry

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1. slavery

   Synonyms:
   captivity, compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity, obligation, oppression, serfdom, servitude, superstition, thraldom

   Antonyms:
   emancipation, freedom, independence, liberty, license

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1. bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom, thraldomnoun

   the state of being under the control of another person

   Synonyms:
   slaveholding, thralldom, bondage, thraldom, thrall

2. slavery, slaveholdingnoun

   the practice of owning slaves

   Synonyms:
   thralldom, thrall, slaveholding, thraldom, bondage

3. slaverynoun

   work done under harsh conditions for little or no pay

   Synonyms:
   thralldom, thrall, slaveholding, thraldom, bondage

Matched Categories

1. • Labor
   • Practice
   • Subjugation

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1. slaverynoun

   Synonyms:
   bondage, servitude, vassalage, serfdom, thraldom, inthralment, enslavement, captivity

2. slaverynoun

   Synonyms:
   drudgery

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1. slaverynoun

   Synonyms:
   bondage, enslavement, servitude, inthrallment, captivity, bond service, vassalage, thralldom, subjection, helotism, drudgery

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1. List of paraphrases for "slavery":

   enslavement, servitude, slave, bondage, serfdom

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1. Barack Obama:

   And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ, in our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ. Michelle and I returned from India — an incredible, beautiful country, full of magnificent diversity — but a place where, in past years, religious faiths of all types have, on occasion, been targeted by other peoples of faith, simply due to their heritage and their beliefs — acts of intolerance that would have shocked Gandhiji, the person who helped to liberate that nation.

2. Wayne Dyer:

   Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

3. Kanye West:

   When you hear about slavery for 400 years... For 400 years ? That sounds like a choice, you were there for 400 years and it's all of y' all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned.

4. Epicurus:

   A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

5. Kelly Craft:

   I have called out China, the Chinese Communist Party. I have stood very, very firm with them on their human trafficking, their modern slavery, their human abuses and their fentanyl. I've called them out and stood up to them to the point now that I am sanctioned for the rest of my life by the Chinese Communist Party, if I can stand up to the Chinese Communist Party, I can stand up to special interest groups in Kentucky and stand firm and strong for what Kentuckians deserve. And that's the promise.