| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | prisoner of war |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political prisoner |
Synonyms: |
POW, captive, enemy prisoner of war, hostage, prisoner |
| Main Entry: | surety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee |
Synonyms: |
assurance, bail, bondsman, certainty, confidence, corroboration, guarantor, guaranty, hostage, pledge, ratification, security, sponsor, substitute, sureness |
| Main Entry: | prisoner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
carceral, imprisoned, in chains, in charge, in custody, in durance vile, in limbo, in prison, in quod, on parole, under hatches, under lock and key
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