Definition for Captivity:

• The state of being held in bondage or confinement.

Synonyms for Captivity:

• n.

  •
  • captive,
  • custodial,
  • inside,
  • condemned,
  • go down.
  •
  • reservation,
  • pound,
  • preserve,
  • nature reserve.
  •arrest (noun)
  • pick ups,
  • pull ins,
  • protective custodies,
  • preventive custodies,
  • gloms,
  • sequesterings,
  • restrainings,
  • re-straining,
  • re straining.
  •captivity (noun)
  • immurement,
  • enslavement.
  •constraint (noun)
  • constrainments.
  •physical detention by force (noun)
  • confinement,
  • impoundment,
  • entombment,
  • enthrallment,
  • committal,
  • thralldom,
  • servitude,
  • jail,
  • internment.
  •punishment device (noun)
  • cowhide,
  • block,
  • ax,
  • rod,
  • gallows,
  • noose,
  • maiden,
  • rack,
  • stocks,
  • guillotine,
  • cane,
  • lash,
  • electric chair,
  • scaffold,
  • thong,
  • gibbet,
  • strap,
  • prison,
  • pillory,
  • stake,
  • thumbscrew,
  • switch,
  • torture chamber,
  • whip,
  • whipping post,
  • rope,
  • bull whip,
  • solitary confinement,
  • rawhide,
  • iron,
  • truncheon,
  • birch rod,
  • gas chamber.
  •restraint (noun)
  • pinions,
  • pinion,
  • straitjacket,
  • straitjackets.
  •seclusion (noun)
  • apartheid,
  • aloneness,
  • exclusion,
  • extirpation,
  • elimination,
  • ostracism,
  • exile,
  • expatriation,
  • rejection,
  • detachment,
  • loneliness,
  • separation,
  • solitude,
  • ejection,
  • excommunication,
  • removal,
  • extradition,
  • alienation,
  • eradication,
  • Reclusion,
  • banishment,
  • aloofness,
  • disbarment,
  • segregation,
  • seclusion,
  • isolation,
  • deportation,
  • standoffishness,
  • anonymity,
  • xenophobia,
  • misanthropy.
  •slavery (noun)
  • chains constraints,
  • helotries,
  • in dentures,
  • vassalages,
  • in denture,
  • feudalisms,
  • in-denture,
  • peonages,
  • serfhoods,
  • bullworks,
  • in-dentures,
  • menial labors.
  •state (noun)
  • captivity.
  •taking into custody (noun)
  • arrest.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chains,
  • petting zoo,
  • reliance,
  • preventive detention,
  • prisoner,
  • menagerie,
  • safari park,
  • game preserve,
  • game reserve,
  • captor,
  • zoo,
  • zoological garden.
  •
  • dependence,
  • claustrophobia,
  • custody,
  • moat.
  •
  • bondage,
  • shackle,
  • restraint.
  •
  • sanctuary.
  •
  • surrender.
  •
  • capture.
  •
  • serve.
  •
  • stretch.
  •
  • term.
  •confinement
  • limbo.

Paraphrases for Captivity:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    imprisonment.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    incarceration.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bondage, detention, custody, confinement, prisoner, captive, prison.

Antonyms for Captivity:

• n.

  • physical detention by force
    freedom, liberation, license, independence, liberty.
  • Other antonyms:
    redemption, emancipation, manumission, release.

Captivity Sentence Examples:

• I have one great hope, he said, since you share my captivity, but we must neglect no minor chance.

• What they awaited at the hands of the Long Knives they knew not, - captivity, torture, death perhaps.

Hypernym for Captivity:

• n.

  • state
    durance, life imprisonment, internment.

Hyponym for Captivity:

• n.

  • state
    confinement.