Synonyms for capture
ˈkæp tʃərcap·ture

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1. capture

   The legal term arrest carries always the implication of a legal offense; this is true even of arresting for debt. But one may be detained by process of law when no offense is alleged against him, as in the case of a witness who is held in a house of detention till a case comes to trial. One may be restrained of his liberty without arrest, as in an insane asylum; an individual or corporation may be restrained by injunction from selling certain property. In case of an arrest, an officer may secure his prisoner by fetters, by a locked door, or other means effectually to prevent escape. Capture is commonly used of seizure by armed force; as, to capture a ship, a fort, etc. Compare HINDER; OBSTRUCT.

   Synonyms:
   apprehend, arrest, catch, detain, hold, make prisoner, restrain, secure, seize, stop, take into custody, take prisoner

   Antonyms:
   discharge, dismiss, free, liberate, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arrested for crime, on suspicion, by the sheriff; on, upon, or by virtue of a warrant; on final process; in execution.

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1. capture, gaining control, seizurenoun

   the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, raptus, seizure, ictus

2. capturenoun

   a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, seizure

3. capturenoun

   any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, seizure

4. capture, seizurenoun

   the act of taking of a person by force

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, raptus, seizure, ictus

5. captureverb

   the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

   Synonyms:
   gaining control, seizure

6. captureverb

   succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

   "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"

   Synonyms:
   trance, get, beguile, becharm, fascinate, conquer, enamor, enchant, appropriate, seize, charm, captivate, enamour, bewitch, catch, entrance

7. capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchantverb

   attract; cause to be enamored

   "She captured all the men's hearts"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, tempt, take in, delight, ravish, conquer, beguile, get, witch, spellbind, trip up, transfix, mesmerize, captivate, view, arrest, enamour, grip, trance, jinx, fascinate, enamor, see, enrapture, enthrall, becharm, mesmerise, hex, magnetise, intrigue, hoodwink, transport, catch up with, enthral, watch, seize, entrance, charm, glamour, pick up, overhear, appropriate, catch, influence, magnetize, overtake, grab, enchant, juggle, take hold of, bewitch

8. get, catch, captureverb

   succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

   "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"

   Synonyms:
   overhear, take, pick up, catch up with, make, mystify, experience, develop, draw, have, become, sustain, receive, scram, conquer, amaze, stimulate, sire, drive, engender, enamour, trance, go, fix, pay back, get under one's skin, stick, suffer, beat, set about, get down, arrive, fascinate, enamor, becharm, incur, contract, bring forth, grow, dumbfound, stupefy, start, take hold of, captivate, arrest, bring, bewilder, see, mother, induce, buzz off, catch, let, obtain, beget, flummox, entrance, get, generate, grab, find, watch, appropriate, take in, produce, start out, pose, view, vex, enchant, aim, hitch, perplex, overtake, gravel, begin, fetch, seize, father, commence, beguile, trip up, puzzle, set out, convey, acquire, come, pay off, bugger off, cause, bewitch, nonplus, charm, baffle

9. captureverb

   bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

   "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet"

   Synonyms:
   trance, get, beguile, becharm, fascinate, conquer, enamor, enchant, appropriate, seize, charm, captivate, enamour, bewitch, catch, entrance

10. appropriate, capture, seize, conquerverb

    take possession of by force, as after an invasion

    "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"

    Synonyms:
    usurp, fascinate, attach, earmark, sequester, conquer, beguile, impound, get, allow, captivate, enamour, suppress, trance, confiscate, get hold of, assume, prehend, enamor, take over, becharm, reserve, arrogate, subdue, curb, stamp down, set aside, seize, clutch, entrance, inhibit, charm, appropriate, catch, grab, enchant, bewitch

11. capture, catchverb

    capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

    "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"

    Synonyms:
    beguile, watch, view, enamour, overhear, entrance, appropriate, see, fascinate, enchant, catch up with, charm, trip up, catch, bewitch, take in, becharm, overtake, conquer, get, grab, trance, take hold of, hitch, pick up, seize, enamor, arrest, captivate

Matched Categories

1. • Attract
   • Change
   • Felony
   • Get
   • Natural Process
   • Represent
   • Take Over

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1. capturenoun

   Synonyms:
   seizure, arrest, apprehension, catching, catch

2. capturenoun

   Synonyms:
   prize

3. captureverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, catch, apprehend, arrest, take by force, take possession of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. capturenoun

   Synonyms:
   prey, prize, apprehension, arrest, seizure, catching

2. captureverb

   Synonyms:
   seize, catch, apprehend, arrest, corral, deprehend

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1. List of paraphrases for "capture":

   catch, captures, capturing, trapping, pickup, seizure, uptake, catching, seize, catchment, arrest, live-capture, harvest, entrapment, catches, trap, collection, sequestration, apprehension, apprehend, collect, harvesting, grasp, abstraction, arrested, captured, conquer

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1. CAPTURE

   Synonyms:
   c7E3 Fab Antiplatelt Therapy in Unstable Refractory Angina

2. CAPTURE

   Synonyms:
   c7E3 Fab AntiPlatelet Therapy in Unstable REfractory angina

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How to use capture in a sentence?

1. Andrew Peek:

   The Kurds have shown themselves more able than we were expecting to conduct offense. We’ve always known the Kurds could defend Kurdish territory particularly well, but the capture of [the air base] is a positive sign that they can move forward.

2. An EPA official:

   There are coal-fired power plants that have demonstrated partial carbon capture and some are capturing carbon pollution today, showing that the technology works in this application.

3. Mary Kathryn Barbier:

   How much did the Germans see and photograph? It was minimal, the radio communication was a mix of transmissions in code and some in the clear and it bombarded the radio so that the Germans couldnt capture a lot of it. Even with the double agents sending the reports back there was more than the Germans could go through.

4. Volodymyr Omelyan:

   They will never capture Kyiv, we are ready to fight.

5. President Ivan Duque:

   We will not rest until we capture and bring to justice the terrorists involved, i tell the criminals that social repudiation awaits them, the rejection of all Colombians and the international community.