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Synonyms for captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
prisoner, captivenoun
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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free, inattentivecaptivenoun
an animal that is confined
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free, inattentivecaptiveadjective
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
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inattentive, freecaptive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective
being in captivity
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engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intentAntonyms:
free, inattentivecaptive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedadjective
giving or marked by complete attention to
"that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"
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clothed, cloaked, engrossed, mantled, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent, drapedAntonyms:
inattentive, free
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captivenoun
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prisoner
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
CAPTIVE
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How to use captive in a sentence?
You have to do two things at the same time, and you should be able to. You have to ban Russian oil, and you have to increase domestic production. And that is where Joe Biden is going to have the problem because he's held captive by the environmental left.
Nearly 50 percent intend to purchase while waiting to take a plane or a train. Those people are international, they are captive, they have two or three hours to kill.
Philippines President Benigno Aquino:
We strongly condemn the brutal and senseless murder of Mr. Robert Hall, a Canadian national, after being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu for the past nine months.
Although this could be very bad news for the Tasmanian devil, we are in a better position than we were when the first contagious cancer emerged. We are further ahead with research and with developing captive management strategies, however, this is a warning to how we manage not just the Tasmanian devil but all vulnerable species, particularly those confined to islands, where disease is a real threat and can do a lot of damage quickly.
Because they're a captive audience. They know they need The Exxon lobbyist and I need them.
Translations for captive
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- пленен, пленник, затворникBulgarian
- zajatý, zajatecCzech
- gefangenGerman
- malliberulo, kaptitoEsperanto
- preso, prisionero, cautivoSpanish
- اسيرPersian
- vanki, vangittuFinnish
- captive, captifFrench
- գերիArmenian
- prigioniero, catturato, intrappolatoItalian
- 俘虜, とりこJapanese
- 捕虜, 포로Korean
- whakarauMāori
- gevangen, gevangeneDutch
- yisnááhNavajo, Navaho
- więzień, jeniecPolish
- prisioneiro, cativoPortuguese
- пленник, пленный, пленница, узница, узникRussian
- sužanj, zarobljenica, zarobljenik, сужањ, заробљеница, заробљеникSerbo-Croatian
- fångeSwedish
- tutuklu, esir, mahkum, hükümlüTurkish
- полонений, бранецьUkrainian
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