'Captive' definitions:
Definition of 'captive'
From: WordNet
adjective
adjective
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" [syn: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped]
noun
A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war [syn: prisoner, captive]
noun
An animal that is confined
noun
A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
Definition of 'Captive'
From: GCIDE
- Captive \Cap"tive\, n. [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]
- 1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. [1913 Webster]
- Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Captive'
From: GCIDE
- Captive \Cap"tive\, a.
- 1. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement. [1913 Webster]
- A poor, miserable, captive thrall. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. [1913 Webster]
- Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Captive'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Captive'
From: Easton
- Captive one taken in war. Captives were often treated with great cruelty and indignity (1 Kings 20:32; Josh. 10:24; Judg. 1:7; 2 Sam. 4:12; Judg. 8:7; 2 Sam. 12:31; 1 Chr. 20:3). When a city was taken by assault, all the men were slain, and the women and children carried away captive and sold as slaves (Isa. 20; 47:3; 2 Chr. 28:9-15; Ps. 44:12; Joel 3:3), and exposed to the most cruel treatment (Nah. 3:10; Zech. 14:2; Esther 3:13; 2 Kings 8:12; Isa. 13:16, 18). Captives were sometimes carried away into foreign countries, as was the case with the Jews (Jer. 20:5; 39:9, 10; 40:7).
Synonyms of 'captive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bond,
- bondmaid,
- bondman,
- bondslave,
- bondsman,
- bondswoman,
- caged,
- cageling,
- catch,
- chain gang,
- chattel,
- chattel slave,
- churl,
- con,
- concubine,
- confined,
- conquest,
- convict,
- coquette,
- date,
- debt slave,
- detainee,
- detenu,
- disenfranchised,
- enslaved,
- enthralled,
- ex-convict,
- flirt,
- galley slave,
- gaolbird,
- helot,
- homager,
- honey,
- hostage,
- imprisoned,
- in bondage,
- in bonds,
- in captivity,
- in chains,
- in slavery,
- in subjection,
- incarcerated,
- internee,
- jailbird,
- liege,
- liege man,
- liege subject,
- lifer,
- locked up,
- odalisque,
- oppressed,
- parolee,
- peon,
- political prisoner,
- POW,
- prisoner,
- prisoner of war,
- serf,
- servant,
- slave,
- steady,
- stir bird,
- subject,
- subjected,
- subjugated,
- suppressed,
- sweet patootie,
- sweetheart,
- sweetie,
- theow,
- thrall,
- ticket-of-leave man,
- ticket-of-leaver,
- trusty,
- under the heel,
- under the lash,
- unfree,
- vamp,
- vampire,
- vassal,
- villein