Yoke Synonyms and Antonyms

yōk
That which unites or binds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bond
  2. knot
  3. ligament
  4. ligature
  5. link
  6. nexus
  7. tie
  8. vinculum
A state of subjugation to an owner or master
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bondage
  2. enslavement
  3. helotry
  4. serfdom
  5. servileness
  6. servility
  7. servitude
  8. slavery
  9. thrall
  10. thralldom
  11. villeinage

Words Related to Yoke

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Yoke Sentence Examples

  • He didn't know how to shake off that yoke or his anger.

  • The yoke has two projecting pieces C, C' at unequal distances from the knife-edges, and separated from the blocks B, B' by narrow air-gaps.

  • This was the last effort of the Indians to throw off the Spanish yoke and the rising was by no means general.

  • Job, besides immense possessions in flocks and herds, had 500 yoke of oxen, which he employed in ploughing, and a " very great husbandry."

  • The quantity of land ploughed by a yoke of oxen in one day was called a yoke or acre.

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