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- pronunciation:
- kaep
tihv
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
one who is confined or subjugated, such as a prisoner.
The captives were taken away in chains.- synonyms:
- prisoner
- similar words:
- convict, hostage, internee, jailbird
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| definition 2: |
one who is dominated or enslaved.
He is a captive of his drinking problem.She was a captive of her own feelings of guilt.- synonyms:
- hostage, prisoner, slave
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| related words: |
capture, casualty, pawn |
adjective + (n.)captive
bound, fellow, helpless, hungry, innocent, liberated, remaining, western
verb + (n.)captive
butcher, free, goad, herd, hold, interrogate, massacre, parade, proclaim, release, remain, rescue, sacrifice, torment, torture
(n.)captive
+ verb
bind, breed, execute, imprison, question, rape, scream, seize, threaten
noun + (n.)captive
descendant, drama, enemy, foreigner, hostage, liberty, narrative, princess, prisoner, raider, release, salmon, soldier, torture, transfer, warrior
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
imprisoned or subjugated, as in war.
The captive soldiers lived in tiny huts.The men were held captive for twenty days.- synonyms:
- imprisoned, subjugated
- similar words:
- conquered, oppressed, subdued, vanquished
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| definition 2: |
held in confinement or restraint.
The captive dogs barked pitifully.- synonyms:
- confined, imprisoned, restrained
- similar words:
- caged, incarcerated, locked up, penned
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| definition 3: |
held involuntarily or by obligation.
Members of the staff formed a captive audience for the chairman's tirades.- synonyms:
- involuntary
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| definition 4: |
held by charm or beauty; captivated.
Her captive lover gazed upon her as she danced.- synonyms:
- captivated, spellbound
- similar words:
- charmed, fascinated
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adverb + (adj.)captive
brutally, virtually, voluntarily
(adj.)captive
+ adverb
fairly
(adj.)captive
+ noun
advertiser,
animal,
audience,
bird,
bolt,
breeding,
butterfly,
chimpanzee,
coal,
colony,
condor,
creature,
customer,
deer,
diet,
dolphin,
elephant,
facility,
female,
flock,
frog,
gorilla,
internship,
journalist,
labor,
laboratory,
lowland,
market,
mine,
mouse,
nation,
orangutan,
pack,
panda,
pool,
population,
primate,
primatologist,
program,
queen,
ratepayer,
raven,
reintroduction,
shark,
slave,
specialist,
tiger,
turtle,
wolf
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The word captive
contains the following parts:
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
  Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacious, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, deceptive, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, perceptive, percipient, precept, receive, reception, recipient, susceptible
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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