Word Explorer

Captive

🔄 Synonyms of "Captive"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
confined	Not free to move.
unfreenoun	Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
prisonernoun	A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
imprisoned	a 2018 American thriller drama film written and directed by Paul Kampf and starring Laurence Fishburne, Juan Pablo Raba, Juana Acosta, Esai Morales, Jon Huertas, John Heard (in his final film after his death in 2017), and Edward James Olmos.
jailed	in captivity

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Captive"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
prisonernoun	A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
confined	Not free to move.
unfreenoun	Not free; lacking freedom, especially (historical) of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
imprisoned	a 2018 American thriller drama film written and directed by Paul Kampf and starring Laurence Fishburne, Juan Pablo Raba, Juana Acosta, Esai Morales, Jon Huertas, John Heard (in his final film after his death in 2017), and Edward James Olmos.
jailed	in captivity
captivitynoun	The state of being captive.
detaineenoun	Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
inmatenoun	A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
abducted	Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
kidnapedverb	(US) Alternative spelling of kidnapped.
kidnapped	subjected to kidnapping
thrallnoun	(uncountable) The state of being under the control of another person.
hostagenoun	A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
guestnoun	A recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.
redeemed	(of a person) Granted redemption or salvation.
proprietarynoun	Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
hold-upnoun	(slang) A robbery at gunpoint.
monopolynoun	A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service, dominating that market and generally exerting powerful control over it.
monopolistic	Acting in the manner of a monopoly.
exclusivenoun	(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.