Sunday, June 5, 2011

Slave Synonyms

Main Entry: slave
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who serves, often under duress
Synonyms: bondservant, captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, skivvy, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, workhorse
Antonyms: master

Main Entry: slave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: work very hard
Synonyms: be servile, drudge, grind, grovel, grub, muck, plod, skivvy, slog, toil, work fingers to bone
Antonyms: be lazy

Main Entry: captive
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person held physically
Synonyms: bondman, bondservant, bondwoman, con, convict, detainee, hostage, internee, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave
Antonyms: free man, independent

Main Entry: drudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: work very hard
Synonyms: back to the salt mines, dig, grind*, hammer*, keep nose to grindstone, labor, muck, perform, plod, plow, plug away, pound*, schlepp, slave , slog, sweat, toil, travail
Antonyms: avoid, be lazy, dodge, hesitate, idle