Antonyms for hostage
ˈhɒs tɪdʒhostage

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1. hostage

   Antonyms:
   dictator, conqueror

   Synonyms:
   sponsor, bail, surety

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1. • Prisoner

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1. hostage, suretynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   security, warrantor, warranter, guarantor, surety

How to use hostage in a sentence?

1. Brenda Reddick:

   So once we actually got him with hostage negotiation, [and] we had the communication going, he calmed down, he was able to relay whatever information that we had to the brother, and everyone was able to have a safe, successful apprehension.

2. Mitch Landrieu:

   We cannot hold America’s full faith and credit hostage, the debt ceiling is not something to be trifled with.

3. Paul Whelan:

   This is not an issue of Russia against me ; it's an issue of Russia against the United States, and United States needs to answer this hostage diplomacy situation and resolve it as quickly as possible.

4. Jeff Kingston:

   That system of hostage justice, I think, does not bear scrutiny.

5. Moumina Cheriff Sy:

   Members of the RSP burst into the room of the cabinet of ministers at around 1430 and took hostage the president of Burkina Faso Michel Kafando, the Prime Minister Yacouba Izaac Zida, the minister of public administration ... and the minister of housing.

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