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Definitions

enslaved

[en-sleyvd] / ɛnˈsleɪvd /

ADJECTIVE

binding

Synonyms

STRONG

attached fastened indentured limiting restraining tied tying

Antonyms

WEAK

alterable breakable revocable unbinding unconfining unnecessary

ADJECTIVE

bound

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constrained obligated restrained

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apprenticed articled bent coerced compelled contracted doomed driven fated firm forced impelled indentured intent made necessitated obliged pledged pressed required urged

WEAK

bounden certain duty-bound having no alternative sure under compulsion under necessity

Antonyms

STRONG

irresolute

WEAK

allowed free permitted unbounded unobliged unrestricted

ADJECTIVE

captive

Synonyms

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caged imprisoned incommunicado

STRONG

bound

WEAK

confined ensnared in custody incarcerated jailed locked up penned restricted subjugated under lock and key

Antonyms

WEAK

disillusioned free independent loose uninterested

ADJECTIVE

indentured

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STRONG

apprenticed articled bound contracted

ADJECTIVE

obligated

Synonyms

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compelled duty-bound indebted obliged

STRONG

committed contracted forced indentured pledged required tied urged

WEAK

bounden called by duty under obligation

ADJECTIVE

obliged

Synonyms

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compelled duty-bound indebted obligated

STRONG

committed contracted forced indentured pledged required tied urged

WEAK

bounden called by duty under obligation

ADJECTIVE

obsequious

Synonyms

WEAK

abject beggarly brown-nosing complacent compliable compliant cringing crouching deferential fawning flattering ingratiating kowtowing menial obeisant oily parasitic parasitical prostrate respectful servile slavish sneaking sniveling spineless stipendiary subject submissive subordinate subservient sycophantic toadying unctuous

Antonyms

WEAK

arrogant assertive brazen confident presumptuous

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

Synonyms

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abused destitute distressed exploited helpless persecuted

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burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

WEAK

a slave to abject at one's feet at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

ADJECTIVE

subject

Synonyms

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accountable apt conditional dependent exposed inferior liable likely prone secondary sensitive susceptible vulnerable

STRONG

captive collateral contingent controlled directed disposed governed open ruled satellite sub subaltern subjugated subordinate tributary

WEAK

at one's feet bound by in danger of obedient provisional servile slavish submissive subservient substract tentative under

Antonyms

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first-class first-rate guarded inapt independent irresponsible protected safe superior unaccountable unlikely unsusceptible

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certain chief definite free primary sure

WEAK

master

Example Sentences

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In one fell swoop, Congress used its guarantee clause authority to establish multiracial democracy where human bondage had previously held sway, enfranchising huge numbers of formerly enslaved Black Americans and remaking Southern society.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Also, descendants of the Donners, Kit Carson, the enslaved, the indigenous and the crazily ambitious, innovative and visionary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The decrees, the first of which were written under Louis XIV, ruled over the lives of enslaved people in the colonies.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Ben Montgomery, an enslaved man, developed an improved steamship propeller in 1854 but couldn’t patent it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Virginia is the most populous state with 880,000 residents, nearly 347,000 of them enslaved.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

enslaved

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