slave

1. 1.

   work very hard, like a slave

   Synonymsbreak one's backbuckle downknuckle down

   Broaderwork

Other forms of slave

plural

slaves·

past tense

slaved·

present participle

slaving·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slave

What does slave mean?

slave means "a person who is owned by someone". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slave?

slave has 1 syllable: slave. In IPA it is /ˈsleɪv/.

What is another word for slave?

Close synonyms include striver, hard worker, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slave a common word?

slave is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with slave?

1 word rhymes with slave. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.