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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.
- synonyms:
- chattel, helot, serf
- antonyms:
- freeman, master
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| definition 2: |
one who is a captive of some habit or other influence.
a slave to television- 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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