SLAVE

5 letters 8 Scrabble points /sleɪv/

Definition of SLAVE

noun

  1. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

  2. A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

  3. An abject person.

    Synonyms: wretch
Related words: secondary worker wretch
verb

  1. To work as a slaver, to enslave people.

  2. To work hard.

    "I was slaving all day over a hot stove."

  3. To place a device under the control of another.

    "to slave a hard disk"

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters S L A V E
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

Anagrams of SLAVE

Words that use the same letters:

ALVES LAVES SALVE SELVA VALES VALSE VEALS

Words Containing "SLAVE"

ANTISLAVERY ANTISLAVERYISM ASLAVER BESLAVE BESLAVED BESLAVER BONDSLAVE DISENSLAVE ENSLAVE ENSLAVED ENSLAVEDNESS ENSLAVEMENT ENSLAVEMENTS ENSLAVER ENSLAVERS ENSLAVES JACKSLAVE NESLAVE NONSLAVEHOLDING PRESLAVERY

Words Starting with "SLAVE"

SLAVEBORN SLAVED SLAVEHOLDER SLAVEHOLDING SLAVEY SLAVEYS SLAVELAND SLAVELESS SLAVELET SLAVELIKE SLAVELING SLAVEMONGER SLAVENSKA SLAVEOWNER SLAVEOWNERSHIP SLAVEPEN SLAVER SLAVERED SLAVERER SLAVERERS

Words Ending with "SLAVE"

BESLAVE BONDSLAVE DISENSLAVE ENSLAVE JACKSLAVE NESLAVE PROSLAVE REENSLAVE SEMISLAVE UNENSLAVE UNSLAVE WHITESLAVE