| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of working under duress or without freedom |
| Synonyms: | bondage, bullwork, captivity, chains constraint, drudge, drudgery, enslavement, enthrallment, feudalism, grind, helotry, indenture, labor, menial labor, moil, peonage, restraint, serfdom, serfhood, servitude, subjection, subjugation, thrall, thralldom, toil, vassalage, work |
| Antonyms: | mastery |
| Main Entry: | drudgery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard, tedious work |
| Synonyms: | backbreaker, chore, daily grind, elbow grease, grind*, gruntwork, labor, menial labor, rat race, slavery, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, workout |
| Antonyms: | snap |
| Main Entry: | sweat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard work |
| Synonyms: | backbreaker, chore, drudgery, effort, grind, labor, moil, slavery, task, toil, travail, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, recreation |
| Main Entry: | yoke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage, bond |
| Synonyms: | burden, chain, coupling, enslavement, helotry, knot, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, oppression, peonage, serfdom, service, servility, servitude, slavery, tie |
| Notes: | a yoke is a crossbar joining animals or something figuratively holding things together; a yolk is the yellow of an egg |
| Main Entry: | enslavement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thralldom |
| Synonyms: | servitude, slavery, subjection |
| Main Entry: | labor camp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prison camp |
| Synonyms: | Gulag, chain gang, corvee, forced labor camp, hard labor, rock pile, servitude, slavery |
| Main Entry: | thrall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bondage |
| Synonyms: | servitude, slavery |