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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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How to use slavery in a sentence?

1. James A. Garfield:

   ..remember that under our institutions there was no middle ground for the negro race between slavery and equal citizenship.

2. Thomas Greenfield:

   I have seen for Thomas Greenfield how the original sin of slavery weaved White supremacy into our founding documents and principles.

3. Martha Minow:

   We must always face not only the fact of slavery but also its legacies and ongoing questions of injustice within our community and beyond.

4. Abdel Fattah Alawari:

   Islam preaches freedom to slaves, not slavery. Slavery was the status quo when Islam came around, judaism, Christianity, Greek, Roman, and Persian civilizations all practiced it and took the females of their enemies as sex slaves. So Islam found this abhorrent practice and worked to gradually remove it.

5. Rachel Smucker:

   I’ve always found it to be offensive, as a symbol of protecting slavery and the racism that people of color still face today.