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Synonyms for yoke
yoʊkyoke

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. yokenoun

    Synonyms:
    control wheel

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. yoke

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  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

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How to use yoke in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. President Obama:

    In one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history -- the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war; the yoke of segregation and tyranny of Jim Crow; the death of four little girls in Birmingham, and the dream of a Baptist preacher -- met on this bridge.

  3. Jesus Christ:

    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

  4. 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.

  5. Ilona:

    Life isn't easy. And everybody have their own yoke, suffer and pain. Do not think that only you have the hardest life on this earth.


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