ALL meanings of captive
cap·tive
C c - adjective captive A captive person or animal is being kept imprisoned or enclosed. 4
- adjective captive A captive is someone who is captive. 3
- adjective captive A captive audience is a group of people who are not free to leave a certain place and so have to watch or listen. A captive market is a group of people who cannot choose whether or where to buy things. 3
- noun captive a person or animal that is confined or restrained, esp a prisoner of war 3
- noun captive a person whose behaviour is dominated by some emotion 3
- adjective captive held as prisoner 3
- adjective captive held under restriction or control; confined 3
- adjective captive captivated; enraptured 3
- adjective captive unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc (esp in the phrase captive audience) 3
- noun captive a person caught and held prisoner, as in war 3
- noun captive a person who is captivated, as by beauty or love 3
- adjective captive taken or held prisoner 3
- adjective captive not able to act independently 3
- adjective captive obliged or forced to listen, whether wanting to or not 3
- abbreviation CAPTIVE captivated 3
- adjective captive of captivity 3
- noun captive A captive is an insurance company set up by a commercial company to write the parent company's own insurances and obtain access to the reinsurance market. 3
- noun captive a prisoner. 1
- noun captive a person who is enslaved or dominated; slave: He is the captive of his own fears. 1
- adjective captive made or held prisoner, especially in war: captive troops. 1
- adjective captive kept in confinement or restraint: captive animals. 1
- adjective captive enslaved by love, beauty, etc.; captivated: her captive beau. 1
- adjective captive of or relating to a captive. 1
- adjective captive managed as an affiliate or subsidiary of a corporation and operated almost exclusively for the use or needs of the parent corporation rather than independently for the general public: a captive shop; a captive mine. 1
- noun captive A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined. 1
- noun captive prisoner 1
- adjective captive unable to leave 1
- adjective captive without other choices 1
- adjective captive business: controlled operation 1
- noun captive One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. 0
- noun captive One held prisoner. 0
- noun captive (figuratively) One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated. 0
- adjective captive Held prisoner; not free; confined. 0
- adjective captive Subdued by love; charmed; captivated. 0
- adjective captive Of or relating to bondage or confinement; serving to confine. 0