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downtrodden adj.
oppressed adj.
subservient adj.

ADJECTIVE

downtrodden

Synonyms

STRONGEST

destitute distressed exploited needy oppressed persecuted

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abject at one's beck and call at one's feet at one's mercy have-not helpless in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power led by the nose maltreated mistreated overcome subjugated subservient suppressed tyrannized under one's thumb underdog underfoot

Antonyms

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rich wealthy

WEAK

happy respected satisfied

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

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abused destitute distressed enslaved exploited helpless persecuted

STRONG

burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

WEAK

abject at one's feet at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

ADJECTIVE

subservient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deferential submissive

STRONG

compliant

WEAK

abject acquiescent at one's beck and call at one's mercy bootlicking cowering cringing docile fawning ignoble in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power mean menial obeisant obsequious resigned servile slavish subject sycophantic under one's thumb

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disobedient

WEAK

controlling domineering unhelpful unnecessary useless

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a slave to

Related: I was a slave to credit-card debt, then I got laid off and turned my life around.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

Help your kids build the character to make the most of technology rather than become a slave to it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

"It allows them to interpret the text in the spirit of the original. Without being a slave to the adaptation, it's allowed to be free," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

No one will ever accuse Major League Soccer of being a slave to tradition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

“You would die before you would deliver a slave to his master, and I will die before I give up that child to its father.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

a slave to

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