SERFS Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

serfs

noun

plural of serf

as in slaves

a person in the past who belonged to a low social class and who lived and worked on land owned by another person Medieval serfs who tended land owned by a lord.

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Recent Examples of serfs Nowadays there is less merriment, sunk as Moscow is in a combination of Putin stagnation, the Ukraine war, and the techno-feudalism that is making serfs of all of us in a world owned by billionaires pumping propaganda through the black boxes in the palm of our hands. — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026

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New York Life Insurance Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company and American International Group, known as AIG, were some of the businesses that listed previously disclosed ties to slaves and slaveholders.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The Christiana Riot, also known as the Christiana Resistance, occurred in Christiana, Pennsylvania, where free Black people and escaped slaves successfully resisted a federal marshal’s raid to capture four fugitive slaves.

— USA Today, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

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Raised by servants and educated by an uncle, Sade was a spoiled child with a temper and a taste for rebellion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Protecting the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is essential to ensuring America can continue recruiting and retaining the public servants our communities depend on.

— Verna L. Williams, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

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