captive
One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
Other meanings
One held prisoner.
One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
Synonyms
- prisoner
Related words
- captivance
- captively
- encaptive
- recaptive
- semicaptive
- take captive
Word history
From Latin "captīvus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “captive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.