What is another word for captivity?
Pronunciation:
[ kaptˈɪvɪti], [ kaptˈɪvɪti], [ k_a_p_t_ˈɪ_v_ɪ_t_i]
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Synonyms for Captivity:
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n.
• arrest- gloms ,
- pick ups ,
- preventive custodies ,
- protective custodies ,
- pull ins ,
- re straining ,
- re-straining ,
- restrainings ,
- sequesterings .
- ax ,
- birch rod ,
- block ,
- bull whip ,
- cane ,
- cowhide ,
- electric chair ,
- gallows ,
- gas chamber ,
- gibbet ,
- guillotine ,
- iron ,
- lash ,
- maiden ,
- noose ,
- pillory ,
- prison ,
- rack ,
- rawhide ,
- rod ,
- rope ,
- scaffold ,
- solitary confinement ,
- stake ,
- stocks ,
- strap ,
- switch ,
- thong ,
- thumbscrew ,
- torture chamber ,
- truncheon ,
- whip ,
- whipping post .
- Reclusion ,
- alienation ,
- aloneness ,
- aloofness ,
- anonymity ,
- apartheid ,
- banishment ,
- deportation ,
- detachment ,
- disbarment ,
- ejection ,
- elimination ,
- eradication ,
- exclusion ,
- excommunication ,
- exile ,
- expatriation ,
- extirpation ,
- extradition ,
- isolation ,
- loneliness ,
- misanthropy ,
- ostracism ,
- rejection ,
- removal ,
- seclusion ,
- segregation ,
- separation ,
- solitude ,
- standoffishness ,
- xenophobia .
Other synonyms:
- captor ,
- chains ,
- game preserve ,
- game reserve ,
- menagerie ,
- petting zoo ,
- preventive detention ,
- prisoner ,
- reliance ,
- safari park ,
- zoo ,
- zoological garden .
- stretch .
- term .
- go down .
- reservation ,
- sanctuary .
- surrender .
- inside .
- capture .
Other relevant words:
- ablation ,
- absorbed ,
- abstemious ,
- accede ,
- accommodate ,
- adam ,
- addiction ,
- adhere ,
- adherence ,
- adhesion ,
- adhesiveness ,
- adjudge ,
- admit ,
- adulterate ,
- adventure ,
- affect ,
- afford ,
- agree ,
- air ,
- alight ,
- alliance ,
- alternate ,
- amex ,
- answer ,
- appreciation ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- apprenticed ,
- appropriate ,
- arrange ,
- articled ,
- ascendance ,
- ascendancy ,
- ascendence ,
- ascendency ,
- ascertain ,
- ask ,
- assemble ,
- assign ,
- assist ,
- assure ,
- asylum ,
- at bottom ,
- at heart ,
- atomic number 26 ,
- attachment ,
- attend ,
- attend to ,
- auction block ,
- authoritarianism ,
- axe ,
- back ,
- bail ,
- bail bond ,
- bandage ,
- bandaged ,
- banish ,
- barricade ,
- barroom ,
- baseball glove ,
- baseball mitt ,
- bash ,
- baton ,
- be intimate ,
- beam ,
- bear ,
- bear on ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- bed ,
- beguile ,
- belong ,
- belt ,
- bema ,
- bet ,
- bet on ,
- bewitch ,
- billy ,
- billy club ,
- billystick ,
- birch ,
- birdie ,
- birdwatch ,
- blank out ,
- blast ,
- blend ,
- blend in ,
- blister ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockage ,
- blocking ,
- bolt ,
- bond certificate ,
- bond paper ,
- bonk ,
- boo ,
- book ,
- booking ,
- boot ,
- border ,
- bottle up ,
- bounce ,
- boundary ,
- bounds ,
- brace ,
- branding iron ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- breakdown ,
- breakup ,
- bridle ,
- brightness ,
- brightness level ,
- british pound sterling ,
- broadcast ,
- browning automatic rifle ,
- buncombe ,
- bunk ,
- bunkum ,
- burial ,
- buy the farm ,
- caesarism ,
- cake ,
- call for ,
- calorie-free ,
- capitulation ,
- captivation ,
- capturer ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- carry ,
- carry on ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- cast ,
- cast aside ,
- cast away ,
- cast out ,
- cast-iron ,
- catch ,
- cave in ,
- cede ,
- censure ,
- certificate of indebtedness ,
- chair ,
- chancel ,
- change ,
- change over ,
- charge ,
- charm ,
- chasteness ,
- check ,
- chemical bond ,
- chick ,
- childbed ,
- chip ,
- chip in ,
- choke ,
- choke up ,
- chuck out ,
- cilium ,
- circle ,
- city block ,
- clap ,
- clasp ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- clench ,
- clink ,
- clip ,
- clock ,
- clock time ,
- close ,
- close in ,
- close up ,
- closed ,
- closing off ,
- closure ,
- closure by compartment ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- collapse ,
- collar ,
- collect ,
- come down ,
- come in ,
- command ,
- commission ,
- commitment ,
- compose ,
- comprise ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- condition ,
- confine to ,
- confined ,
- confiscate ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- conquer ,
- conquering ,
- consecrate ,
- conserve ,
- conserves ,
- consignment ,
- constipate ,
- constriction ,
- continue ,
- contribute ,
- control condition ,
- controller ,
- cop ,
- couch ,
- couple ,
- couplet ,
- coupling ,
- coventry ,
- cowskin ,
- crack ,
- crash ,
- cristal ,
- croak ,
- crucify ,
- cube ,
- cumber ,
- curb bit ,
- curbing ,
- curl ,
- curtail ,
- cut back ,
- cutting out ,
- cylinder block ,
- dame ,
- dawdle ,
- death chair ,
- death chamber ,
- debar ,
- debase ,
- debt instrument ,
- decease ,
- declare ,
- decline ,
- decompose ,
- decomposition ,
- dedicate ,
- deem ,
- deep down ,
- defend ,
- deflect ,
- defy ,
- delay ,
- delight ,
- deliver ,
- demand ,
- dent ,
- depart ,
- dependance ,
- dependency ,
- deport ,
- deportee ,
- deracination ,
- descend ,
- desolation ,
- despotism ,
- destined ,
- devote ,
- dictatorship ,
- die ,
- dilute ,
- ding ,
- direct ,
- disaffection ,
- discard ,
- disco biscuit ,
- discover ,
- disengagement ,
- dish ,
- dish out ,
- dish up ,
- dismount ,
- dispose ,
- distance ,
- distich ,
- do it ,
- dog pound ,
- doll ,
- dominance ,
- donkeywork ,
- draw a blank ,
- draw together ,
- drop dead ,
- duad ,
- duet ,
- duo ,
- duty ,
- dyad ,
- ease up ,
- easy ,
- ecstasy ,
- edge ,
- eff ,
- effect ,
- effectuate ,
- elate ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical switch ,
- elision ,
- elongate ,
- embark ,
- embarrass ,
- emigration ,
- employ ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- enchantment ,
- encirclement ,
- encumber ,
- endure ,
- enfold ,
- enforce ,
- engage ,
- engine block ,
- engrossed ,
- enrol ,
- enroll ,
- ensnare ,
- ensure ,
- entertain ,
- entrance ,
- entrap ,
- entrust ,
- envelop ,
- enwrap ,
- enwrapped ,
- erect ,
- eruption ,
- establish ,
- estrangement ,
- evacuation ,
- exception ,
- exchange ,
- excision ,
- exclude ,
- excreting ,
- excretion ,
- excruciate ,
- exit ,
- expatriate ,
- expire ,
- expulsion ,
- extend ,
- extort ,
- eyelash ,
- fail ,
- faint ,
- fall ,
- fall back ,
- fall behind ,
- fall in ,
- fascinate ,
- fascination ,
- fe ,
- feed ,
- ferocity ,
- fetter ,
- feudal system ,
- fierceness ,
- figure ,
- find out ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- first ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- flight feather ,
- fling ,
- flip ,
- flip-flop ,
- flog ,
- flush ,
- forbid ,
- force ,
- forcing out ,
- foreclose ,
- forestall ,
- forget ,
- forget me drug ,
- forlornness ,
- fosse ,
- found ,
- founder ,
- fourth dimension ,
- fowl ,
- frame ,
- freeze ,
- fringe ,
- fuck ,
- full term ,
- function ,
- furiousness ,
- fury ,
- g-string ,
- gage ,
- gain vigor ,
- gaining control ,
- gallous ,
- gallows tree ,
- gallows-tree ,
- game ,
- gat ,
- gather up ,
- gear up ,
- generate ,
- get ,
- get a line ,
- get down ,
- get going ,
- get in ,
- get into ,
- get it on ,
- get laid ,
- get off ,
- get wind ,
- get word ,
- gift ,
- gin ,
- ginmill ,
- give out ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- giving up ,
- glove ,
- go away ,
- go bad ,
- go for ,
- go game ,
- go in ,
- go into ,
- go under ,
- gouge ,
- grant ,
- grasp ,
- grind ,
- grip ,
- guard ,
- guff ,
- habituation ,
- halt ,
- hammer ,
- hammering ,
- hamper ,
- hand ,
- handgrip ,
- handle ,
- hands ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- have ,
- have a go at it ,
- have got ,
- have intercourse ,
- have it away ,
- have it off ,
- have sex ,
- hazard ,
- hear ,
- help ,
- hinder ,
- hiss ,
- hitch ,
- hogwash ,
- hold back ,
- hold fast ,
- hold in ,
- hold out ,
- hold up ,
- hook ,
- hoot ,
- hot seat ,
- houseman ,
- hug drug ,
- hump ,
- idle ,
- ignite ,
- igniter ,
- ignition lock ,
- ignitor ,
- illume ,
- illuminate ,
- illumination ,
- illumine ,
- immobilise ,
- immobilize ,
- impale ,
- impart ,
- impede ,
- implement ,
- imply ,
- impose ,
- impound ,
- impounding ,
- imprisoned ,
- in spite of appearance ,
- inaugural ,
- incorporate ,
- indebtedness ,
- indent ,
- indentation ,
- indentured ,
- indite ,
- indoors ,
- infix ,
- inhumation ,
- initiative ,
- initiatory ,
- inner ,
- inner light ,
- inscribe ,
- insert ,
- instal ,
- install ,
- institutionalise ,
- institutionalize ,
- insularism ,
- insularity ,
- insulation ,
- insure ,
- intent ,
- interchange ,
- interest ,
- interim ,
- interior ,
- interlace ,
- interlock ,
- interne ,
- interval ,
- intoxicate ,
- introduce ,
- intrust ,
- invest ,
- inwardly ,
- iron out ,
- irons ,
- jailed ,
- jailhouse ,
- jam ,
- jazz ,
- jeopardize ,
- joy ,
- jug ,
- jump ,
- keep ,
- keep back ,
- keep down ,
- keep in line ,
- keep out ,
- keep up ,
- kerb ,
- kibosh ,
- kick ,
- kick in ,
- kick the bucket ,
- knock ,
- knock off ,
- know ,
- labor ,
- labour ,
- lambast ,
- lambaste ,
- lasso ,
- last ,
- lather ,
- launch ,
- lay ,
- lay out ,
- lb ,
- lbf. ,
- lead ,
- leap ,
- leaping ,
- learn ,
- leash ,
- leave ,
- legal community ,
- legal profession ,
- legal separation ,
- lend oneself ,
- lie with ,
- life ,
- lift up ,
- light source ,
- light up ,
- light within ,
- light-colored ,
- light-headed ,
- lighter ,
- lightheaded ,
- lighting ,
- lightly ,
- lightness ,
- lightsome ,
- limit ,
- link ,
- liquidation ,
- lite ,
- live ,
- live on ,
- load ,
- lock away ,
- lock chamber ,
- lock in ,
- lock up ,
- locomote ,
- loftiness ,
- lonesomeness ,
- loose ,
- love ,
- low-cal ,
- lug ,
- lumber ,
- luminance ,
- luminosity ,
- luminousness ,
- lying-in ,
- maid ,
- maiden over ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- make love ,
- make out ,
- manipulate ,
- manus ,
- master ,
- mastery ,
- meantime ,
- meanwhile ,
- measure ,
- medical intern ,
- mental block ,
- mental reservation ,
- mesh ,
- meter ,
- metre ,
- moderate ,
- molder ,
- monocracy ,
- mop up ,
- moulder ,
- move ,
- move into ,
- move over ,
- muffle ,
- nab ,
- nail ,
- namelessness ,
- necessitate ,
- need ,
- nightstick ,
- notch ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- oblige ,
- obliteration ,
- oblivion ,
- obsequiousness ,
- obstruct ,
- obtain ,
- obturate ,
- occlude ,
- occlusion ,
- offer ,
- one-man rule ,
- open ,
- operate ,
- oppression ,
- order ,
- out-migration ,
- pair ,
- parry ,
- participate ,
- parturiency ,
- party whip ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass on ,
- paw ,
- pay ,
- peck ,
- penitentiary ,
- pennon ,
- perch ,
- percolate ,
- perish ,
- perk ,
- perk up ,
- permutation ,
- perpetrate ,
- perpetration ,
- piece ,
- pinch ,
- pip ,
- pitch ,
- place ,
- playpen ,
- pleasance ,
- plodding ,
- plump ,
- poke ,
- pokey ,
- poky ,
- pole ,
- pop off ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- post ,
- postponement ,
- postulate ,
- pound off ,
- pound sign ,
- pound sterling ,
- pound up ,
- poundage ,
- pounding ,
- practice ,
- preclude ,
- prepare ,
- present ,
- preserves ,
- press ,
- prevail ,
- prevention ,
- prison house ,
- prison term ,
- privacy ,
- privateness ,
- privileged ,
- proceed ,
- process ,
- projection ,
- promiscuous ,
- proscription ,
- pull ,
- pulley ,
- pulley block ,
- pulley-block ,
- punt ,
- purdah ,
- put aside ,
- put behind bars ,
- put down ,
- put in ,
- put on ,
- put option ,
- put to sleep ,
- put together ,
- put up ,
- putrefaction ,
- qualification ,
- quash ,
- quid ,
- quill ,
- quill feather ,
- rack up ,
- raise ,
- ram ,
- ram down ,
- raspberry ,
- razz ,
- razzing ,
- reach ,
- reaching ,
- ready ,
- rear ,
- reasoning by elimination ,
- rebound ,
- receive ,
- recoil ,
- recommend ,
- record ,
- recruit ,
- redact ,
- reduce ,
- refuge ,
- regard ,
- regularise ,
- regularize ,
- regulate ,
- relegate ,
- remember ,
- remit ,
- remoteness ,
- remotion ,
- render ,
- replacement ,
- require ,
- reserve ,
- resignation ,
- resile ,
- responsibility ,
- restriction ,
- retain ,
- retardation ,
- retinal rod ,
- return ,
- reverberate ,
- ricochet ,
- riddance ,
- rifle ,
- rig ,
- ringlet ,
- roach ,
- rod cell ,
- roll in the hay ,
- rophy ,
- rotting ,
- rule ,
- run ,
- run low ,
- run short ,
- running noose ,
- rush ,
- sacrifice ,
- saloon ,
- saltation ,
- savage ,
- save ,
- scald ,
- scant ,
- screw ,
- scud ,
- seal off ,
- secure ,
- seduction ,
- see ,
- see to it ,
- seize ,
- seizure ,
- send back ,
- send off ,
- send out ,
- sentence ,
- sepulture ,
- sequester ,
- sequestration ,
- serve up ,
- serve well ,
- service ,
- set ,
- settle ,
- shift ,
- ship ,
- shogunate ,
- short ,
- shoulder strap ,
- shut away ,
- shut in ,
- shut out ,
- shut up ,
- shuttle ,
- shuttlecock ,
- simpleness ,
- simplicity ,
- single-foot ,
- sink ,
- skirt ,
- slam ,
- slammer ,
- slap ,
- slapdash ,
- slash ,
- slaveholding ,
- sleep together ,
- sleep with ,
- slip noose ,
- slowdown ,
- sluttish ,
- smack ,
- smash ,
- smasher ,
- smoothing iron ,
- smother ,
- snare ,
- snick ,
- snitch ,
- snort ,
- snuff it ,
- solitariness ,
- solitary ,
- sound ,
- span ,
- spang ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- spell ,
- spring ,
- springiness ,
- squeeze ,
- stakes ,
- stalinism ,
- stand ,
- start ,
- stateliness ,
- station ,
- stave ,
- stay ,
- stick ,
- stick in ,
- stick to ,
- stiffen ,
- stifle ,
- stint ,
- stop ,
- stoppage ,
- storage area ,
- straightjacket ,
- strangle ,
- streak ,
- stretch along ,
- stretch out ,
- stretchability ,
- stretchiness ,
- stretching ,
- strike ,
- strings ,
- stripe ,
- stuff ,
- stymie ,
- stymy ,
- subdue ,
- subject ,
- subservience ,
- substitution ,
- suffice ,
- support ,
- suppress ,
- supremacy ,
- survive ,
- sustain ,
- swap ,
- swear out ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swooning ,
- swop ,
- tack ,
- tack together ,
- take ,
- take a hop ,
- take for ,
- take hold ,
- taking into custody ,
- taproom ,
- terminal figure ,
- terminus ,
- thieve ,
- thrill ,
- throttle ,
- throw ,
- throw away ,
- throw out ,
- thump ,
- tie ,
- tie down ,
- tie up ,
- tighten ,
- tighten up ,
- time lag ,
- torment ,
- torture ,
- toss ,
- toss away ,
- toss out ,
- totalism ,
- totalitarianism ,
- tour ,
- trade ,
- trammel ,
- trance ,
- transmit ,
- transport ,
- transportation ,
- transposition ,
- travail ,
- travel ,
- tripping ,
- trounce ,
- truss ,
- trust ,
- tuck away ,
- tuck in ,
- turn ,
- turn around ,
- turn back ,
- turn over ,
- tutelar ,
- tutelary ,
- twain ,
- twinkle ,
- twosome ,
- unaccented ,
- unclouded ,
- unfold ,
- unhorse ,
- unopen ,
- uphold ,
- uplift ,
- use ,
- utilise ,
- utilize ,
- vehemence ,
- venture ,
- verify ,
- view as ,
- villainage ,
- visible light ,
- visible radiation ,
- voiding ,
- wager ,
- wait ,
- wait on ,
- wakeful ,
- wane ,
- wanton ,
- waste ,
- waterfall ,
- weak ,
- welt ,
- wench ,
- wheel ,
- whiplash ,
- whirl ,
- whisk ,
- whorl ,
- wildness ,
- withdrawal ,
- withdrawnness ,
- within ,
- withstand ,
- work ,
- worst ,
- wrack ,
- wrap ,
- wrapped ,
- wring ,
- write ,
- yield ,
- yielding .
- committal ,
- detention ,
- durance ,
- durance vile ,
- duress ,
- entombment ,
- impoundment ,
- interment ,
- pen ,
- serfdom ,
- servitude ,
- the guardhouse ,
- thralldom .
- Bond service ,
- Enthralment ,
- Feudality ,
- Helotism ,
- Helotry ,
- Heteronomy ,
- Mancipation ,
- Villenage ,
- absolutism ,
- apply ,
- arrest ,
- attach ,
- bind ,
- blockade ,
- bond ,
- bound ,
- captivate ,
- captivities ,
- circumscribe ,
- close arrest ,
- coarctation ,
- commend ,
- commit ,
- confide ,
- confine ,
- conquest ,
- consign ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- control ,
- curb ,
- debt slavery ,
- disenfranchisement ,
- disfranchisement ,
- domination ,
- drudgery ,
- enclose ,
- enslavement ,
- enter ,
- enthrallment ,
- fasten ,
- fetters ,
- feudalism ,
- govern ,
- hold ,
- house arrest ,
- immuration ,
- immure ,
- immurement ,
- imprison ,
- imprisonment ,
- incarcerate ,
- incarceration ,
- inclose ,
- indentureship ,
- inhibit ,
- internment ,
- involuntary servitude ,
- involve ,
- jailing ,
- lead captive ,
- make prisoner ,
- obligation ,
- peonage ,
- prevent ,
- put away ,
- repress ,
- restrain ,
- restrict ,
- send to prison ,
- serfhood ,
- servility ,
- set up ,
- subjugate ,
- subjugation ,
- take captive ,
- take charge of ,
- take into custody ,
- take prisoner ,
- thraldom ,
- thrall ,
- tyranny ,
- vassalage ,
- villeinage ,
- yoke .
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How to use "Captivity" in context?
Captivity is the state of being confined or confined within a confined space. Captivity usually refers to physical confinement of a human in a prison or other correctional setting. However, captivity can also refer to psychological confinement, especially when associated with social isolation. The noun form of captivity is captivity.
Paraphrases for Captivity:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
imprisonment.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
incarceration.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Hyponym for Captivity:
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state
confinement.
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