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Antonyms for captive
ˈkæp tɪvcap·tive

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Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. prisoner, captivenoun

    a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

    Antonyms:
    free, inattentive

    Synonyms:
    prisoner

  2. captivenoun

    an animal that is confined

    Antonyms:
    free, inattentive

    Synonyms:
    prisoner

  3. captiveadjective

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

    Antonyms:
    inattentive, free

    Synonyms:
    prisoner

  4. captive, confined, imprisoned, jailedadjective

    being in captivity

    Antonyms:
    free, inattentive

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    inattentive, free

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. CAPTIVE

    Synonyms:
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How to use captive in a sentence?

  1. Kevin Cramer:

    But at the end of the day, there are two things. One is my conscience is captive to God, and my oath is to the Constitution of the United States.

  2. Abdullah Faaruuq:

    They say Aafia Saddiqui took up a machine gun while they held Aafia Saddiqui captive in the other room and was ready to attack her captors, what a brave woman she is. And if my mother was in the same place, she would have taken her West Indian machete and cut her way through those kafirs( infidels).

  3. Shawn Steel:

    She’s using her power as a teacher who gives grades, with a captive audience, to basically scare and shame students.

  4. Elizabeth Warren:

    We cannot continue to run this country for the top 10%. We can't keep pushing through trade deals that benefit multi-national companies at the expense of workers, government cannot continue to be the captive of the rich and the powerful. Working people cannot be forced to give up more and more as they get squeezed harder and harder.

  5. Duncan Hunter:

    It's a pathetic response to a serious problem that has plagued the ability of the U.S. to successfully recover Americans held captive in the post-9/11 era.

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