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:
   CardioShield Application Protects During Transluminal Intervention of Vein Grafts by Reducing Emboli

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1. Mike McCarter:

   This election proves that rural Oregon wants out of Oregon, if Oregon really believes in liberal values such as self-determination, the Legislature wo n’t hold our counties captive against our will. If we’re allowed to vote for which government officials we want, we should be allowed to vote for which government we want as well.

2. Ryan Clancy:

   Three-quarters of the country thinks we’re on the wrong track – and that includes majorities of Democrats, independents and Republicans, most Americans don’t have favorable views of either party or the top leaders in them, and they think both sides are too captive to the extremes.

3. Annie Laurie:

   We should have a national motto that we can put up in the school without imposing religion on a captive audience of school kids, it miseducates students. We live under a godless and secular Constitution.

4. David Schenker:

   There are obvious risks with upping the ante, there's a very real prospect that more Jordanians will come into harm’s way and more additional troops will be taken captive or killed.

5. Susannah Thorpe:

   A key part of the tool is that it's based on replicating the mechanical challenges that chimpanzees experience in the wild in their daily lives, so when they're moving around forest canopy they have to deal with branches flexing under their weight, they have to deal with planning routes in advance so they know where to go to get to the next food source and we're trying to emulate these mechanical challenges into the lives of captive chimpanzees.