Synonyms of thrall

thrall

noun

ˈthrȯl 

1

as in slave

a person who is considered the property of another person

I'm not your thrall, so you'll have to pick up after yourself

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slave
• bondsman
• servant
• bondman
• chattel
• serf
• handmaid
• handmaiden
• bondwoman
• bondswoman
• lackey
• helot
• domestic
• drudge
• indentured servant
• bond servant
• attendant
• menial
• odalisque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeman
• slaver
• freedman
• master
• slaveholder
• slave driver
• taskmaster
• freedwoman
• enslaver

2

as in slavery

the state of being an enslaved person

a people who still bear the scars of having been in thrall for so many years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slavery
• thraldom
• servitude
• bondage
• yoke
• thralldom
• enslavement
• servility
• captivity
• serfdom
• peonage
• subjugation
• subjection
• dependance
• imprisonment
• dependence
• incarceration
• enchainment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freedom
• liberty
• liberation
• emancipation
• independence
• enfranchisement
• autonomy
• sovereignty
• manumission
• sovranty
• self-government

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thrall

Giuliani never governed in the thrall of one party, ideological movement or ethnic constituency. —Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2024

Sanctions alone cannot break the cycle of intimidation and capitulation that keeps so many citizens of former Soviet bloc countries in Putin’s thrall. —Jim Townsend, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2022

Salesforce projects those discounts will only grow once consumers find them fully in the thralls of Cyber Week. —Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

Under his thrall, the anti-immigrant wing of the GOP has mushroomed, its rhetoric increasingly frightening to Chamber of Commerce types, many told me in interviews. —Eli Hager, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2024