subjugated
Forced into submission
Subjugated means brought under control or domination, typically by force.
A subjugated people has been conquered and made subordinate to another power: The subjugated population was forced to pay tribute to their new rulers.
The word implies not just defeat but ongoing subordination—kept in a state of submission rather than merely beaten.
Kept within limits
- ruledExercised sovereign authority
- governedAdministered by authority
- commandedGave authoritative instructions
- masteredGained full proficiency
yoked · enslaved · bound · shackled · fettered · chained · servitude · bondage
Defeated completely
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- subduedReduced in intensity
overthrown · routed · beaten · overcome · quelled · pacified · suppressed · colonized
Pushed to society's edges
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
- downtroddenPersistently mistreated and degraded
silenced · powerless · discriminated · victimized · abused · deprived · underprivileged · impoverished
controlled
Kept within limits
- ruledExercised sovereign authority
- governedAdministered by authority
- commandedGave authoritative instructions
mastered · yoked · enslaved · bound · shackled · fettered · chained · servitude · bondage · thrall
vanquished
Defeated completely
- defeatedOvercome in contest
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- crushedCompressed into fragments
subdued · overthrown · routed · beaten · overcome · quelled · pacified · suppressed · colonized · annexed
marginalized
Pushed to society's edges
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- exploitedUnfairly utilized for benefit
downtrodden · silenced · powerless · discriminated · victimized · abused · deprived · underprivileged · impoverished · neglected
- Hierarchy termspecking order, junior, chain of command, secondary, totem pole
- marginalizedmarginalized, disenfranchised, outcasts, pariahs, oppressed
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- demolishedbeaten, defeated, crushed, destroyed, demolished
- possessionowned, acquired, possessed, kept, retained
subjugatedliberated
Released from confinement
free · independent · emancipated · autonomous · self-governing
subjugatedtriumphant
Joyfully victorious
victorious · undefeated · conquering · unconquered · unvanquished
subjugate, subjugation, subjugating, subjugator, subjugates, subjugators, subjugations