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Captive

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

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Similar meaning 4

Attentive 84% connected

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

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Attentive 84% connected

Heedful; intent; observant; regarding with care or attention.

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Unfree 84% connected

Not free; held in bondage.

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Broader term 6

Animal 76% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Beast 76% connected

Any living creature; an animal; -- including man, insects, etc.

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Brute 76% connected

Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.

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Creature 76% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Fauna 76% connected

The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

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Unfortunate 76% connected

Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune; unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an unfortu…

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Narrower term 5

Con 76% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

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Convict 76% connected

Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Hostage 76% connected

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or stipulations of any kind, on the performance of which the…

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Inmate 76% connected

One who lives in the same house or apartment with another; a fellow lodger; esp.,one of the occupants of an asylum, hospital, or prison; by extension…

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Surety 76% connected

The state of being sure; certainty; security.

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Derivationally related 8

Captivity 74% connected

The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

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Captivity 74% connected

The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

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Catch 74% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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Catch 74% connected

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enslavement 74% connected

The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.

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Enslavement 74% connected

The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude.

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Prisoner 74% connected

One who is confined in a prison.

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Prisoner 74% connected

One who is confined in a prison.

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Absorbed 92% connected

of Absorb

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Confined 92% connected

of Confine

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Engrossed 92% connected

of Engross

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Imprisoned 92% connected

of Imprison

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Intent 92% connected

Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prisoner 92% connected

One who is confined in a prison.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Rapt 92% connected

of Rap

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Wrapped 92% connected

of Wrap

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