Synonyms for captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive

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1. prisoner, captivenoun

   a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

2. captivenoun

   an animal that is confined

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

3. captiveadjective

   a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

   Antonyms:
   inattentive, free

4. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

   being in captivity

   Synonyms:
   engrossed, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent

   Antonyms:
   free, inattentive

5. captive, 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"

   Synonyms:
   clothed, cloaked, engrossed, mantled, absorbed, enwrapped, confined, wrapped, jailed, imprisoned, intent, draped

   Antonyms:
   inattentive, free

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1. improsoned

   Submitted by anonymous on November 9, 2020  

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1. captivenoun

   Synonyms:
   prisoner

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1. List of paraphrases for "captive":

   prisoner, captured

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1. CAPTIVE

   Synonyms:
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1. Michael Pachter:

   This will drive traffic to Best Buy stores, if the repair is something that will take an hour, the consumer will be captive in the Best Buy store and likely to purchase something.

2. 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.

3. Saadi Shirazi:

   Wickedness, by whomsoever committed, is odious, but most of all in men of learning; for learning is the weapon with which Satan is combated, and when a man is made captive with arms in his hand his shame is more excessive.

4. Elizabeth Smart:

   Elizabeth Smart was held captive by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, for nine months, and the case captivated the nation just months after the 2002 Winter Olympics took place in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart was raped, tethered to trees by steel cables and left without food and water for days at a time. Elizabeth Smart recalled what Elizabeth Smart said to Brian David Mitchell on the night Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped. There finally came a point where I remember stopping Brian David Mitchell and just saying, ‘ If you're just going to rape and kill me, please do it here,' because in my mind I was thinking I want my parents to know what happened to me, I wanted them to find me even if it was just my body, brian David Mitchell had this smile and it was just, it was bone chilling … Brian David Mitchell said, ‘ I'm not going to rape and murder you. Yet,' Elizabeth Smart added. Wanda Barzee was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2010, and Brian David Mitchell is serving two life terms. Elizabeth Smart will talk about how Elizabeth Smart moved past the harrowing incident 15 years later, according to E ! News. The special will air on Nov. 12 and 13 before the Lifetime original movie.

5. Saadi Shirazi:

   Reason is captive in the hands of the passions, as a weak man in the hands of an artful woman.