capture

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of CAPTURE

one that has been taken and held in confinement <a Spanish treasure ship was the most valuable capture ever taken by that privateer>

Synonyms capture, internee, prisoner

Related Words coprisoner; convict, jailbird; arrestee; abductee, kidnappee (or kidnapee)

Near Antonyms custodian, guard, guardian, jailer (also jailor), keeper, marshal (also marshall), warden; abductor, kidnapper (also kidnaper)

Antonyms captor

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