slave: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of slave
noun
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.
- figuratively
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.
- figuratively
An abject person.
- figuratively
One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
Example: a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition
Listed forms: slaves.
Source: Wiktionary — slave.
verb
To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
- intransitive
To work hard.
Example: I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
- transitive
To place a device under the control of another.
Example: to slave a hard disk
Listed forms: slaves, slaving, slaved.
Source: Wiktionary — slave.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for slave.
noun
someone who works as hard as a slave
- striver
- hard worker
verb
work very hard, like a slave
- break one's back
- buckle down
- knuckle down
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is slave in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of slave
S(1) + L(1) + A(1) + V(4) + E(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of slave
4 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from slave
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in slave. Showing up to 24, longest first.