Synonyms for captor
ˈkæp tərcap·tor

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1. captornoun

   Synonyms:
   jailer, guard, arrester, nabber, kidnapper

2. captornoun

   One who is holding a captive or captives.

   Synonyms:
   kidnapper, jailer, arrester, guard, nabber

3. captornoun

   One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

   Synonyms:
   guard, nabber, jailer, kidnapper, arrester

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1. captor, capturernoun

   a person who captures and holds people or animals

   Synonyms:
   capturer

   Antonyms:
   liberator

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1. List of paraphrases for "captor":

   abductor, kidnapper, jailer, turnkey

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How to use captor in a sentence?

1. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   The past is a mentor, not a captor.

2. Alan Marshall Beck:

   A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart. You can get him out of your study, but you can't get him out of your mind. Might as well give up he is your captor, your jailer, your boss and your master a freckled-faced, pint-sized, cat-chasing bundle of noise. But when you come home at night with only the shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words Hi, Dad

3. Sheriff Chip Simmons:

   She fought and she fought and she fought, until finally she was able to break free from her would-be captor.