Synonyms and antonyms of Slaves and slavery in British Thesaurus

slave (noun)

someone who belongs by law to another person as their property and has to obey them and work for them

slavery (noun)

the system of owning people as slaves

slave trade (noun)

the business of buying and selling people as slaves, especially the trade in people from Africa who in the past were taken to North and South America to be sold

slaver (noun)

in the past, someone who sold slaves

slavery (noun)

the condition of being owned by another person and forced to work for them

abolitionist (noun)

someone who supported the abolition of slavery in the 19th century

enslave (verb)

to make someone a slave

enfranchise (verb)

to make a slave free

servitude (noun)

formal the position of someone who is a slave or someone who is completely controlled by another person

freeborn (adjective)

not born into slavery

bondage (noun)

formal a situation in which a person belongs to someone as their slave

freeman (noun)

an old word meaning ‘someone who is not a slave’

galley (noun)

a long Ancient Greek or Roman ship that used sails and slaves with oars to move it

slaver (noun)

in the past, a ship for transporting slaves

vassal (noun)

literary a person or country that depends completely on, and is controlled by, another person or country