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- pronunciation:
- sleIv
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
one who is owned by and forced to work for another with no pay or personal rights.
Many of the conquered people were captured and turned into slaves.Slaves were bought at auction and brought back to the plantation.- synonyms:
- chattel, helot, serf
- antonyms:
- freeman, master
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| definition 2: |
one who is a captive of some habit or other influence.
He is a slave to his social media accounts.- synonyms:
- addict, fiend
- similar words:
- captive
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| definition 3: |
a person who works hard and without imagination, as in a dull or routine job.
- synonyms:
- drudge, fag, plodder
- similar words:
- hack
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| related words: |
appendage, drudge, menial |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
slaves, slaving, slaved |
| definition: |
to work like a drudge or slave.
She slaved all day without reward.- synonyms:
- drudge, grub, moil
- similar words:
- labor, plod, sweat, toil, travail
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| related words: |
strain, work |
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The word slave comes from Slav, a word for the people who lived in east-central Europe in the Middle Ages. Great numbers of Slavs were bought and sold as slaves by conquering peoples from the West.
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