Definition for Captive:

• CAPTIVITY.

Synonyms for Captive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • confined,
  • captive,
  • imprisoned.
  •buried (adjective)
  • most submerged,
  • sub merged,
  • more submerged,
  • sub-merged.
  •physically held by force (adjective)
  • subjugated,
  • penned,
  • under lock and key,
  • locked up,
  • in custody,
  • ensnared,
  • enslaved,
  • incommunicado,
  • Incarcerated.
  •subject (adjective)
  • more satellite,
  • at one feet,
  • de-pendent,
  • sub-ordinate,
  • sub ordinate,
  • more subjugated,
  • ex-posed,
  • at feet,
  • more enslaved,
  • most under,
  • at ones feet,
  • sub altern,
  • pro visional,
  • ex posed,
  • subbest,
  • sub best,
  • most satellite,
  • subber,
  • most substract,
  • most subjugated,
  • more under,
  • sub-altern,
  • dis-posed,
  • most enslaved,
  • sub-best,
  • pro-nest,
  • sub missive,
  • de pendent,
  • most subaltern,
  • governed,
  • dis posed,
  • more subaltern,
  • more substract.

• n.

  •
  • articulate,
  • amphibious,
  • best-of-breed.
  •
  • detention,
  • custodial,
  • inside.
  •captivated (noun)
  • enchanted,
  • fascinated.
  •captive (noun)
  • moved,
  • rapt,
  • enraptured,
  • unfree.
  •confined (noun)
  • restrained,
  • restricted.
  •convict (noun)
  • longtermer,
  • long-termers,
  • male-factors,
  • male factor,
  • male-factor,
  • male factors,
  • long termer,
  • long termers,
  • longtermers.
  •hostage (noun)
  • earnests,
  • sacrificial lamb.
  •person held physically (noun)
  • bondwoman,
  • internee,
  • con,
  • bondman,
  • detainee.
  •prisoner (noun)
  • lawbreaker,
  • defendant,
  • suspect,
  • offender,
  • scofflaw,
  • recidivist,
  • criminal,
  • culprit,
  • lifer.
  •prisoner of war (noun)
  • POWS,
  • pow,
  • enemy prisoner of war.
  •prisoners (noun)
  • inmate,
  • ex-con,
  • chain gang,
  • prisoner of conscience,
  • battlefield detainee,
  • political prisoner,
  • yardbird.
  •slave (noun)
  • subservients.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • scaly,
  • lop-eared,
  • captivity,
  • feathered,
  • androgynous,
  • transgenic,
  • housebroken,
  • spineless,
  • aquatic,
  • freshwater,
  • untrained,
  • purebred,
  • shy,
  • domesticated,
  • tufted,
  • arboreal,
  • simian,
  • stuffed,
  • warm-blooded,
  • rabid,
  • polymorphous,
  • well-bred,
  • fluffy,
  • internment,
  • pygmy,
  • downy,
  • bound,
  • anthropoid,
  • horned,
  • feral,
  • preventive detention,
  • asexual,
  • Caged,
  • furred.
  •
  • indigenous,
  • cold-blooded,
  • temperate,
  • territorial,
  • domestic,
  • man-eating,
  • naturalized,
  • condemned,
  • venomous,
  • omnivorous,
  • higher,
  • petrified,
  • diurnal,
  • furry,
  • winged,
  • mangy,
  • tame,
  • nocturnal,
  • saltwater,
  • custody,
  • pedigree,
  • tolerant.
  •
  • poisonous,
  • rogue,
  • wild,
  • parasitic,
  • predatory.
  •
  • juvenile,
  • native,
  • savage,
  • social,
  • giant,
  • draft.
  •
  • flying.
  •
  • mature.
  •
  • serve.
  •
  • stretch.
  •
  • term.
  •
  • go down.

Paraphrases for Captive:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    captives.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    hostages.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    trapped, hostage, kidnapped, kidnaped.
  • Noun, plural
    captures, detainees.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hostage.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    captivated, prisoner, prisoners.
  • Proper noun, singular
    detainees, prisoner, prisoners.
  • Noun, plural
    prisoners.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    captivity, prisoner.

Antonyms for Captive:

• adj.

  • physically held by force
    free, loose, uninterested, disillusioned, independent.
  • Other antonyms:
    inattentive, freed, Paroled, released, unrestrained, unconfined, emancipated, enfranchised, liberated.

• n.

  • person held physically
    free man.

Captive Sentence Examples:

• You are my captive.

• During his reign Israel was carried captive.

Hypernym for Captive:

• n.

  • person
    pow, hostage, political prisoner, yardbird, yard bird, detainee, internee, surety, con, political detainee, convict, inmate, prisoner of war.

Hyponym for Captive:

• n.

  • person
    brute, beast, unfortunate person, emotional person, unfortunate, fauna, animal, animate being, creature.