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
- Frame around the neck, and related senses.
- Pair of harnessed draught animals, and related senses.
- Extended uses and quantities.
- verb
- To link or to join.
- To unite, to connect.
- 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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