Operative and Slave

Operative

Operative noun - A person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country.

Slave and operative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slave" instead a noun "Operative".

Slave

Slave noun - A person who is considered the property of another person.

Operative and slave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Operative" instead a noun "Slave".

Nearby Words: slavish, slaver, slavery, slaved, slaving

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

fellow fellow operative fellow slave
good good operative good slave
female female operative female slave
perfect perfect operative perfect slave
Other adjectives: dying, single, loyal, powerful, actual, willing, new, former, mere, foreign.

Both words in one sentence

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