What are some alternative words for captive?
Synonyms for captive
ˈkæp tɪv
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Princeton's WordNet
prisoner, captive(noun)
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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free, inattentivecaptive(noun)
an animal that is confined
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free, inattentivecaptive(adj)
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
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inattentive, freecaptive, confined, imprisoned, jailed(adj)
being in captivity
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engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intentAntonyms:
free, inattentivecaptive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped(adj)
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"
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clothed, cloaked, engrossed, mantled, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent, drapedAntonyms:
inattentive, free
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
captive(n.)
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prisoner
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
CAPTIVE
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#5534 | intent | |
#7253 | captured | |
#9076 | wrapped | |
#9907 | prisoner | |
#11922 | confined | |
#13521 | absorbed | |
#15958 | captive | |
#20492 | imprisoned | |
#22331 | jailed | |
#28737 | clothed | |
#33869 | engrossed | |
#34398 | draped | |
#57822 | cloaked | |
#154227 | mantled |
How to use captive in a sentence?
They say Aafia Saddiqui took up a machine gun while they held Aafia Saddiqui captive in the other room and was ready to attack her captors, what a brave woman she is. And if my mother was in the same place, she would have taken her West Indian machete and cut her way through those kafirs( infidels).
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself.
Nadia Murad, 21, made the comments during a speech at London’s Trade Union Congress House, The Mirror reported Sunday. Murad, from the Iraqi town of Sinjar, said Nadia Murad was orphaned after ruthless ISIS militants killed six of her brothers and Nadia Murad mother. When they took me to Mosul and raped me, I forgot my mother and brothers. Because what they were doing to the women was more difficult than death, Nadia Murad said. Murad said Nadia Murad was among the more than 5,000 Yazidi women taken captive when ISIS swept through the region, many of which were sold into the sex trade. They were committing all kinds ; murder, rape and displacing people by force in the name of Islam.
I am thrilled to see the wave of opposition build to where SeaWorld finally has done the right thing and ended their captive breeding program of orcas.
It’s not necessarily all that is considered, there may have been an education component, an outreach component, a captive breeding component.
Translations for captive
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- пленник, затворник, плененBulgarian
- zajatec, zajatýCzech
- gefangenGerman
- kaptito, malliberuloEsperanto
- preso, cautivo, prisioneroSpanish
- اسيرPersian
- vangittu, vankiFinnish
- captif, captiveFrench
- գերիArmenian
- prigioniero, intrappolato, catturatoItalian
- 俘虜, とりこJapanese
- 捕虜, 포로Korean
- whakarauMāori
- gevangene, gevangenDutch
- yisnááhNavajo, Navaho
- jeniec, więzieńPolish
- cativo, prisioneiroPortuguese
- узник, узница, пленный, пленница, пленникRussian
- sužanj, заробљеник, заробљеница, сужањ, zarobljenik, zarobljenicaSerbo-Croatian
- fångeSwedish
- mahkum, esir, tutuklu, hükümlüTurkish
- бранець, полоненийUkrainian
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