Synonyms for emancipate
All synonyms
Verb
1. Manumit — to set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate. Often followed by…
free, set free, manumit, deliver, release, rescue, enfranchise, disenthrall, disenthral UK, ransom, unenslave, extricate, redeem, disenslave dated
Other
liberate, unchain, unshackle, unfetter, decolonize, decolonise UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To set free (a person or group) from the oppression or restraint of another; to liberate. Often followed by from: chiefly with reference to slavery in the United States, and in Central and South America: to set free (oneself or someone) from imprisonment, or from serfdom or slavery.
to pass a law emancipating slaves
Related words
- Word family
- emancipated emancipatee emancipator emancipee emancipation
Forms
- Past participle
- emancipated
e.g. emancipated → freed, manumitted, deliver'd, released…
Example sentences
- liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emancipate | steady | |
| enfranchise | steady | |
| manumit | steady | |
| disenthrall | steady | |
| liberate | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 6 letters
- rescue2, ransom2, redeem2
- 7 letters
- release2, deliver3, unchain, manumit
- 8 letters
- liberate3, unfetter
- 9 letters
- extricate3, unshackle3, unenslave
- 10 letters
- decolonize, decolonise, disenthral, disenslave
- 11 letters
- enfranchise3, disenthrall
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rescue2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- émanciper
- Italiano
- emancipare
- Español
- emancipar
- Deutsch
- emanzipieren