yokes

The word “yokes” has 1 syllable: yokes

It's pronounced as /joʊks/

What is synonym and antonym for yokes?

In the thesaurus, “yokes” has 45 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for yokes along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for yokes

articulates
bondages
captivities
catenates
cements
chains
coalesces
combines
compounds
concatenates
conjugates
connects
cords
couples
dependances
dependences
dovetails
enchainments
enslavements
fuses
hitches
hooks
imprisonments
incarcerations
integrates
interconnects
interlinks
interlocks
intermeshes
joins
links
peonages
serfdoms
servilities
servitudes
slaveries
strings
subjections
subjugations
thraldoms
thralldoms
thralls
unites
welds
wires

Antonyms for yokes

autonomies
cleaves
detaches
disconnects
disengages
disjoins
disjoints
dissevers
disunites
divides
emancipations
enfranchisements
freedoms
independences
liberations
liberties
manumissions
parts
ruptures
separates
severs
sovereignties
sovranties
splits
sunders
unchains
uncouples
unhitches
unlinks
unyokes

Meanings of yokes

noun
1. Frame around the neck, and related senses.
2. Pair of harnessed draught animals, and related senses.
3. Extended uses and quantities.
verb
1. To link or to join.
2. To unite, to connect.
3. To enslave; to bring into bondage; to restrain; to confine.

Example Sentences

The farmer used sturdy yokes to harness the oxen for plowing the fields.
Traditional cultures often used yokes to evenly distribute weight between draft animals.
The heavy yokes rested comfortably on the shoulders of the workers as they carried their burdens.
In ancient times, slaves were often bound together by iron yokes as a symbol of their servitude.
The wooden yokes creaked softly as the oxen pulled the cart along the dusty road.

On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yokes, such as: articulates, autonomies, bondages, captivities, catenates, cements, chains.

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