Synonyms for captivity
kæpˈtɪv ɪ ticap·tiv·i·ty

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.4 / 5 votes

1. captivity

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity, obligation, oppression, serfdom, servitude, slavery, superstition, thraldom

   Antonyms:
   emancipation, freedom, independence, liberty, license

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. captivity, imprisonment, incarceration, immurementnoun

   the state of being imprisoned

   "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon"

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, internment, immurement, imprisonment, enslavement

2. enslavement, captivitynoun

   the state of being a slave

   "So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity"--Shakespeare

   Synonyms:
   incarceration, immurement, imprisonment, enslavement

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1. captivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   imprisonment, confinement, duress, durance

2. captivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   bondage, thraldom, enthralment, servitude, subjection, slavery, vassalage

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. captivitynoun

   Synonyms:
   bondage, servitude, thralldom, vassalage, slavery

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1. List of paraphrases for "captivity":

   families, bondage

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How to use captivity in a sentence?

1. Ryan Pedley:

   It's another way to immerse our students in reef ecology, the kids don't actually have to visit Great Barrier Reef. They can do their part by breeding clownfish in captivity and donate them to the fish shops.

2. Chuck Peruto:

   They expired from what he called ‘punishments,’ he expected them to be completely obedient and carry his babies in a basement of a row house where he had no need to hear them scream or complain. He administered these ‘punishments’ through beatings and electric shocks. He would call them weak. But his intention wasn’t to kill them. He wanted to train them to have a perfect race in his basement. He wanted to have babies and raise them with no other contact from the outside world. That’s what he kept repeating during their captivity.

3. Debbie Banks:

   I think it has set India apart from some of the other tiger range countries. If Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar look at China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, there's more emphasis on tigers in captivity, farming and valuing tigers for their body parts higher than the survival of tigers in the wild.

4. Sarah Caddy:

   It is possible that tigers in captivity are more susceptible to the virus than household moggies as there is a 5 % difference between their genomes.

5. Nadiya Savchenko:

   But the children of Petro Oleksiyovych (Poroshenko) aren't in captivity, while he spits on your children.