Antonyms for captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive

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1. prisoner, captivenoun

   a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

2. captivenoun

   an animal that is confined

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

3. captiveadjective

   a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

   Antonyms:
   inattentive, free

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

4. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

   Synonyms:
   engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

5. captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedadjective

   giving or marked by complete attention to

   "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"

   Antonyms:
   inattentive, free

   Synonyms:
   clothed, cloaked, engrossed, mantled, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent, draped

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CAPTIVE

   Synonyms:
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How to use captive in a sentence?

1. Mark Caine:

   The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.

2. Pamela Anderson:

   This is torture, seaWorld is clinging desperately to the past. We all know captive orcas go insane and suffer terribly when separated from their families.

3. Laurence Anne Parent:

   Nearly 50 percent intend to purchase while waiting to take a plane or a train. Those people are international, they are captive, they have two or three hours to kill.

4. Craig Hoover:

   It’s not necessarily all that is considered, there may have been an education component, an outreach component, a captive breeding component.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   We cannot continue to run this country for the top 10%. We can't keep pushing through trade deals that benefit multi-national companies at the expense of workers, government cannot continue to be the captive of the rich and the powerful. Working people cannot be forced to give up more and more as they get squeezed harder and harder.

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