- freedom.
- liberation.
- liberty.
- independence.
- license.
What’s the opposite of a captive?
| failure forfeit | loss opponent | yielding |
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What are antonyms of the word captivity?
- freedom.
- liberation.
- liberty.
- independence.
- license.
| failure forfeit | loss opponent | yielding |
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
captivity. Synonyms: compulsion, constraint, imprisonment, necessity , obligation, oppression, serfdom, servitude, slavery, superstition, thraldom. Antonyms: emancipation, freedom, independence, liberty, license.
OTHER WORDS FOR captivity
1 bondage , servitude, slavery, thralldom, subjection; imprisonment, confinement, incarceration. See synonyms for captivity on Thesaurus.com.
When you’re imprisoned or enslaved, you’re captive. Both words come from a Latin source, captivus , “caught” or “taken prisoner,” from the root capere, “to take, hold, or seize.”
There are two ways to be immodest: the first is to gloat and show off , essentially being the very opposite of modest. The other way is to lack good taste and restraint.
plural captives. Definition of captive (Entry 2 of 2) 1 : one who has been captured : one taken and held usually in confinement Something there is in us that finds captivity captivating, particularly when the captives are prisoners of war.—
: someone who has captured a person and is keeping that person as a prisoner. See the full definition for captor in the English Language Learners Dictionary. captor. noun.
| abducted kidnapped | ransomed carried away | taken hostage taken prisoner | took prisoner took hostage | nabbed seduced |
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noun. a person who is or has been interned , as a prisoner of war.
A person who seizes one or more hostages is known as a hostage-taker ; if the hostages are present voluntarily, then the receiver is known as a host.
Some common synonyms of worship are adore , reverence, revere, and venerate. While all these words mean “to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully,” worship implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.
As nouns the difference between captivity and slavery
is that captivity is the state of being captive while slavery is an institution or social practice of owning human beings as property, especially for use as forced laborers.
As nouns the difference between captive and captivity
is that captive is one who has been captured or is otherwise confined while captivity is the state of being captive.
Animals that are held by humans and prevented from escaping are said to be in captivity. The term is usually applied to wild animals that are held in confinement, but may also be used generally to describe the keeping of domesticated animals such as livestock or pets.
