Arrested and Captive

Related words

mutual synonyms sentence examples

Arrested

Arrested adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Usage example: a line of arrested suspects waiting to be booked on a variety of charges
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Arrested
Antonyms for Arrested
Captive and arrested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Captive" instead an adjective "Arrested".
Nearby Words: arrest, arresting, arrester

Captive

Captive adjective - Taken and held prisoner.
Usage example: the captive soldiers were treated humanely by the guards
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Captive
Antonyms for Captive
Arrested and captive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Arrested" instead an adjective "Captive".
Nearby Words: capture, captivate, captivated, captivity, captor

Mutual synonyms

Related pairs

Both words in one sentence

  • Crime Story featured a brutally karmic version - a director of porn movies who used captive young runaways in his films is caught and arrested.
    Source: Anonymous Benefactor
  • Fan Fic / Kitsune no Ken: Fist of the Fox Exact Words: When Minato asks Tsume to tell him where she's holding Mizuki captive following Mizuki's getting arrested for his latest antics, Tsume makes him promise that he won't lay a finger on Mizuki.
    Source: Fan Fic / Kitsune no Ken: Fist of the Fox
Cite this Source
Captive and Arrested. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arrested/captive
Arrested & Captive. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/arrested/captive>.
Captive or Arrested. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/arrested/captive.

Synonyms for arrested


Synonyms for captive

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "arrested" and "captive" have occurred on timeline