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Main Entry:	captive [kap-tiv] Show IPA/ˈkæptɪv/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	physically held by force
Synonyms:	bound, caged, confined, enslaved, ensnared, imprisoned, in custody, incarcerated, incommunicado, jailed, locked up, penned, restricted, subjugated, under lock and key
Antonyms:	free, independent, loose

Main Entry:	captive
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person held physically
Synonyms:	bondman, bondservant, bondwoman, con, convict, detainee, hostage, internee, prisoner, prisoner of war, slave
Antonyms:	free man, independent

Main Entry:	convict
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	criminal
Synonyms:	captive, con, culprit, felon, jailbird, long-termer, loser*, malefactor, prisoner, repeater
Antonyms:	victim

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Parnell seven years earlier and was still being held captive.

Of course they have a captive audience and time pressure on their side.

For parents with good risk, self-insurance through a captive avoids the snags of pooling risk.

Parnell seven years earlier and was still being held captive.

Of course they have a captive audience and time pressure on their side.

For parents with good risk, self-insurance through a captive avoids the snags of pooling risk.

Although it's difficult to be certain, captive inbreeding may cause more two-headed births than in the wild.

Finding might help captive breeding of the endangered cats.

On the steps below the king lie the body of a dead captive and a severed head.

The gun uses the rubber band to fire a captive wooden bolt into the.

If a students begins in one of these programs, they are captive until completion.

The captive panda breeding programme has undergone a remarkable transformation.

After close to fifteen years of careful captive breeding and boot camp, the black-footed ferret may be making a comeback.

Scientists are trying to increase this captive population, though not for reintroduction purposes.

Jones collected goslings from nests for captive rearing and breeding.

Some studies, including research on captive chimpanzees, have linked heredity to the survival rates of young animals.

At best, such topics are the solipsistic concerns of literature professors determined to take advantage of a captive audience.

Certainly, captive boards are a problem, but it is hard to see how they could be a much bigger problem than they used to be.

In a recent experiment in captive white ibises, many of.

Television advertisers will pay immense sums of money to ensure a captive audience.

Many coffee producers use captive civets today, but the process remains the same.

Some mammals, such as dolphins, have demonstrated the ability in captive settings.

Teachers often indoctrinate their students in subtle ways when they have them as captive audiences.

Really useful, not too pricey and a great way to showcase to a captive audience.

Captive breeding of the bluefin could save the species, but the effort will be challenging.

The failure of captive breeding meant that cheetah fanciers had to replenish their supply with wild ones.

Up in a tower a queen and her two sons are being help captive by an evil wizard.

Captive animals are difficult to return to the wild.

Scientists are studying wild and captive dolphins to decipher their secret language.

One captive snake was known to have gone two years without eating.

Scientists hope to program the navigation systems of captive salmon to help the species survive in the wild.

And retail funds and captive insurers are on the rise.

As a result, captive panda studies are of tantamount importance.

Such a diet might be do-able for captive mice and monkeys, but it would be a tough sell for people.

While you can pause and scrub forward and back on programming, you are a captive audience to the ads.

Cross-holdings cement alliances, but also make firms captive to their partners.

She also reached inside the gaping mouths of captive elements to collect mucus-and help read the secrets there.

The project in this case would probably be used both for captive and export purpose.

Smaller captive spiders are made to spin nets for the fairy army, which can be used to catch small flying insects.

Much of the credit restraint comes from nonbanks such as the captive finance-arms of carmakers.

In a recent experiment, captive primates were able to identify photos of their.

The captive populations have since developed an ecological balance:.

He then filled a box with worms, and allowed a captive mole to tunnel in from the side.

They were quick to take advantage of the captive market.

Captive pythons frequently escape or are released by their owners.

In an experimental captive population of budgerigars.

Researchers test tracking hardware on captive animals to ensure that it doesn't alter behavior.

Prisons hold a captive audience who are sometimes given health education.

The pioneer primatologist travels the globe to speak up for the captive and orphaned kin of wild chimpanzees.

Still, its a nice respite for the captive audience and a pleasant surprise for visitors.

They rely heavily on another revenue stream: outrageously priced food for a captive audience.

The biggest failing among all the former captive nations has been in reform of state administration.

So far, research on captive birds has demonstrated the species' remarkable cognitive and tool-making abilities.

Right now, the animals' only hope lies in isolating disease-free captive populations.

Most of these missions were badly organised and achieved nothing except favourable coverage in their captive media.

Captive chimps could release the food by using a stick to move the trap in either of two ways.

The intentions of those who would prevent the use of captive whales in entertainment may be noble.

Its sad enough that these animals have to be held captive in the first place.

Proposed measures include creating protected wildcat areas, neutering domestic cats, and establishing captive breeding programs.

Airing a piece of dirty laundry is bad manners, especially with a captive stranger present, and indicates bigger problems.

Until recently, the big four banks were captive lenders to state-owned enterprises.

Careful tracking of these individuals hasn't revealed any biological or behavioral problems with captive breeding and release.

They also recommend creating a captive breeding program for the birds and greater efforts to conserve their habitat.

The business models of traditional software vendors are built around this captive demand in the data centre.

The fate of the critically endangered megafish now likely lies in captive breeding.

We are not necessarily captive by a fate determined by the chance of genetics.

So researchers are counting on the captive sea dragons to shed light into their mysterious lives.

Then imparting that same photon with the same energy state it had before it was held captive and motionless.

Captive gorillas have been shown to use tools, but observing the behavior in wild gorillas has proven difficult.

Captive female monkeys have been noticed to prefer doll toys, while the males play with trucks.

Main Entry:	hostage
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person held captive until captor's demand is met
Synonyms:	captive, earnest, guaranty, pawn, pledge, prisoner, sacrificial lamb, scapegoat*, security, surety, token, victim
Antonyms:	captor

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	prisoner
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person jailed for crime; person kept against his or her will
Synonyms:	captive, chain gang member, con, convict, culprit, detainee, hostage, internee, jailbird, lag, lifer, loser, tough*, yardbird

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	slave
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	person who serves, often under duress
Synonyms:	bondservant, captive, chattel, drudge, help, laborer, menial, peon, retainer, serf, servant, skivvy, subservient, thrall, toiler, vassal, victim, worker, workhorse
Antonyms:	master

Main Entry:	subject
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	at the mercy of; answerable
Synonyms:	accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable
Antonyms:	master

Main Entry:	imprisoned
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrested
Synonyms:	captive, confined, incarcerated, jailed

Main Entry:	jailed
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrested
Synonyms:	captive, in jail, incarcerated, under arrest

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