captive — OAT

captive

noun

the policeman put handcuffs on the captive:

prisoner, convict, detainee, inmate;

prisoner of war, POW, internee, hostage;

slave, bondsman;

informal jailbird, con;

British, informal (old) lag;

North American, informal yardbird.

adjective

she was against keeping wild animals captive:

confined, caged, incarcerated, locked up, penned up;

chained, shackled, fettered, ensnared;

restrained, under restraint, restricted, secure;

jailed, imprisoned, in prison, interned, detained, in captivity, under lock and key, behind bars, in bondage, taken prisoner;

captured.

▷antonyms free.