Definition for Captivity:

• The state of being held in bondage or confinement.

Synonyms for Captivity:

• n.

  •
  • custodial,
  • captive,
  • condemned,
  • inside.
  •
  • pound,
  • reservation,
  • preserve.
  •captivity (noun)
  • immurement,
  • enslavement.
  •imprisonment (noun)
  • detention,
  • interment,
  • impoundment,
  • entombment,
  • committal,
  • durance vile,
  • thralldom,
  • servitude,
  • pen.
  •physical detention by force (noun)
  • jail,
  • confinement.
  •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.
  •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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • captor,
  • menagerie,
  • chains.
  •
  • moat,
  • custody.
  •
  • bondage,
  • shackle,
  • restraint.
  •
  • sanctuary.
  •
  • capture.
  •
  • stretch.
  •confinement
  • limbo.
  •Other relevant words:
  • circumscribe,
  • Helotism,
  • thrall,
  • commend,
  • fasten,
  • commit,
  • restrict,
  • conquest,
  • repress,
  • consign,
  • apply,
  • domination,
  • disenfranchisement,
  • set up,
  • enter,
  • constrain,
  • hold,
  • attach,
  • take into custody,
  • involuntary servitude,
  • enclose,
  • take captive,
  • Feudality,
  • incarcerate,
  • immure,
  • yoke,
  • Enthralment,
  • involve,
  • captivities,
  • debt slavery,
  • Villenage,
  • lead captive,
  • confide,
  • inhibit,
  • Bond service,
  • disfranchisement,
  • captivate,
  • control,
  • take charge of,
  • bind,
  • internment,
  • house arrest,
  • coarctation,
  • contain,
  • curb,
  • put away,
  • blockade,
  • confine,
  • Mancipation,
  • absolutism,
  • bound,
  • bond,
  • Heteronomy,
  • indentureship,
  • arrest,
  • restrain,
  • subjugate,
  • send to prison,
  • take prisoner,
  • enthrallment,
  • drudgery,
  • tyranny,
  • obligation,
  • govern,
  • jailing,
  • prevent,
  • inclose,
  • close arrest,
  • make prisoner,
  • imprison.

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.

Hypernym for Captivity:

• n.

  • state
    durance, life imprisonment, internment.

Hyponym for Captivity:

• n.

  • state
    confinement.