slavedriver
Merciless work enforcer
A slavedriver is a person who oversees enslaved workers, enforcing labor through threat or violence.
The term now commonly describes any harsh, demanding boss or taskmaster: My manager is a total slavedriver—she expects us to work weekends without complaint.
The figurative use carries the cruelty of the original meaning.
Also spelled slave driver.
Strict work supervisor
- bossWorkplace superior
- foremanWorker who directs others
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- disciplinarianStrict enforcer of rules
martinet · drillmaster · supervisor · manager · micromanager · workaholic · exacting · relentless
One who monitors work
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- taskmasterStrict work supervisor
- masterAuthority or controller
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
enslaver · despot · subjugator · exploiter · oppressor · persecutor · colonizer · overlord
taskmaster
Strict work supervisor
- bossWorkplace superior
- foremanWorker who directs others
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
disciplinarian · martinet · drillmaster · supervisor · manager · micromanager · workaholic · exacting · relentless · unforgiving
overseer
One who monitors work
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- taskmasterStrict work supervisor
- masterAuthority or controller
tyrant · enslaver · despot · subjugator · exploiter · oppressor · persecutor · colonizer · overlord · captor
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
cruel · ruthless · inhuman · savage · vicious · callous · tyrannical · unmerciful · punishing · abusive
slavedriverliberator
One who frees others
emancipator · abolitionist · freer · Harriet Tubman · freedom fighter
slave, driver, slaves, slaved, slaving, slavery, slavish, slavishly, enslave