Synonyms for yoke
yoʊkyoke

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1. yokenoun

   Synonyms:
   control wheel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yoke

   Synonyms:
   couple, conjoin, connect, link, enslave, subjugate

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1. yokenoun

   fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, pair, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, coupling, duo, twain

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

2. yokenoun

   an oppressive power

   "under the yoke of a tyrant"; "they threw off the yoke of domination"

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, pair, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, coupling, duo, twain

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

3. couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duadnoun

   two items of the same kind

   Synonyms:
   pas de deux, duad, bitstock, bracing, orthodontic braces, coupling, bridge, pair, gallus, duet, dyad, twosome, couplet, match, mates, suspender, braces, straddle, brace, twain, duette, couple, span, duo, distich

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

4. yokenoun

   a pair of draft animals joined by a yoke

   "pulled by a yoke of oxen"

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, pair, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, coupling, duo, twain

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

5. yokenoun

   support consisting of a wooden frame across the shoulders that enables a person to carry buckets hanging from each end

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, pair, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, coupling, duo, twain

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

6. yoke, couplingnoun

   a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together

   Synonyms:
   conjugation, pairing, duad, brace, coupling, pair, union, duet, dyad, twosome, coupler, couplet, sexual union, mating, twain, couple, span, duo, distich

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

7. yokeverb

   stable gear that joins two draft animals at the neck so they can work together as a team

   Synonyms:
   brace, span, twosome, pair, couplet, distich, duad, duet, couple, dyad, coupling, duo, twain

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

8. yokeverb

   become joined or linked together

   Synonyms:
   link

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

9. yoke, linkverb

   link with or as with a yoke

   "yoke the oxen together"

   Synonyms:
   unite, link, tie in, colligate, relate, tie, join, connect, associate, link up

   Antonyms:
   unyoke

10. yokeverb

    put a yoke on or join with a yoke

    "Yoke the draft horses together"

    Synonyms:
    link

    Antonyms:
    unyoke

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Husbandry
   • Attach
   • Connection
   • Fabric
   • Join
   • Oppression
   • Pair
   • Support
   • Two

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. yokenoun

   Synonyms:
   bond, chain, link, tie, ligature

2. yokenoun

   Synonyms:
   bondage, servitude, service, dependence, subjection, thraldom, vassalage

3. yokeverb

   Synonyms:
   join, couple, link, interlink, conjoin, associate

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1. yokenoun

   Synonyms:
   oxbow and bar, crosspiece, team, span, pair, couple, bond, link, chain, coupling

2. yokeverb

   Synonyms:
   couple, join, unite, link, hitch together, subject, enslave

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "yoke":

   clevis, fork, nair, forks, strait-jacket, juice, straitjacket, stranglehold, grip

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1. Emmanuel Macron:

   These allied forces that together freed us from the German yoke, and from tyranny, are the same ones that were able to build the existing multilateral structures after World War Two, we must not repeat history, and remind ourselves what was built on the basis of the war.

2. Émile Durkheim:

   Man's characteristic privilege is that the bond he accepts is not physical but moral; that is, social. He is governed not by a material environment brutally imposed on him, but by a conscience superior to his own, the superiority of which he feels. Because the greater, better part of his existence transcends the body, he escapes the body's yoke, but is subject to that of society.

3. Matthew Prior:

   Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

4. Fahrettin Altun:

   Turkey has no ambition in northeastern Syria except to neutralize a long-standing threat against Turkish citizens and to liberate the local population from the yoke of armed thugs.

5. Patro Qhamakoane:

   Knowledge is like an egg, and revelation is the yoke of an egg, until the egg is cracked, and the albumen is spilled, the revelation of the knowledge remains unknown and produces no result.