Synonyms for hostage
ˈhɒs tɪdʒ

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. hostage, surety(noun)

   a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms

   Synonyms:
   security, warrantor, warranter, guarantor, surety

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. hostage

   Synonyms:
   sponsor, bail, surety

   Antonyms:
   dictator, conqueror

PPDB, the paraphrase database(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   hostages, hostage-taking, ransom

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US English

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use hostage in a sentence?

1. Steve Scalise:

   They took a hostage that they might realize now they can't afford to shoot.

2. Ernest Hemingway:

   When you have a child, the world has a hostage.

3. Hassan Latheef:

   The government reneged on the agreed deal at the last minute, demanding a close family member of Nasheed remain in Male, effectively as a hostage, until he returns from the UK, if Nasheed does anything that breach the terms of the government, the family member could then be criminally prosecuted. This kind of blackmail is illegal, unheard of in international affairs, and totally outrageous.

4. Jason Straziuso:

   (Given) our long historical independent neutral stance, it's common for us to be the middle man in hostage releases, we provide transportation from Boko Haram to the Nigerian government.

5. Xie Tao:

   If they get hijacked or held hostage, or somebody bombs Chinese property overseas you've got to react.

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