Captivity

What do we mean by captivity?

The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved. noun

The state of being a prisoner, or of coming into the power of an enemy by force or the fortune of war. noun

Subjection; the state of being under control; bondage; servitude. noun

Captives collectively; a body of captives. noun

Synonyms Imprisonment, Captivity, Confinement, Incarceration, Immurement. There is the same distinction between imprisonment and captivity as between prisoner and captive. (See captive.) Confinement is the most general word for being kept within bounds against one's will, as by force or sickness; we speak of solitary confinement, and figuratively, of too great confinement (though voluntary) to one's books. Incarceration is the being put into a jail or prison; the word is rhetorical, suggesting ignominy, with narrow range and great safeguards against escape. Immurement, literally shutting within walls, is now freely figurative; in either sense it suggests depth of separation or seclusion from friends, home, or the world, and small likelihood of getting or coming out. (See servitude and serf.) noun

The state of being a captive or a prisoner. noun

A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage. noun

The state of being captive. noun

A group of people/beings captive. noun

The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved. noun

The state of being a slave noun

The state of being imprisoned noun

The state of being captive.

A group of people/beings captive.

The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.

Words that are spelled similarly to captivity:
captivity, activity, captivate, nativity, adaptivity, captiving, coactivity, captivi.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word captivity:
crickets, zoos, captive, lifespan, aquarium, pow, zoo, bred, pets, wild, breeding, ransom, babylon, fed, wax, snakes, eggs, eat, prisoner, breed, diet, pet, flies, narrative, freed, specimens, subspecies, fruits, rescued, torture, bce, prey, extinct, escaped, animals, endangered, insects, larvae, birds, kept, escape, killer, survival, captured, habitat, species, observed, animal, fish, jerusalem, feed, wildlife.

Words that rhyme with captivity:
activity, proclivity, creativity, productivity, relativity, sensitivity, objectivity, nativity, connectivity, subjectivity, conductivity, exclusivity, festivity, passivity, negativity, reflexivity, aggressivity, radioactivity, receptivity, inactivity, reactivity, theory of relativity, retroactivity, selectivity, hyperactivity, interactivity, general theory of relativity, insensitivity, expressivity, sexual activity, sex activity, educational activity, superconductivity, progressivity, offensive activity, extracurricular activity, general relativity, commercial activity, business activity, subversive activity, special theory of relativity, special relativity, oversensitivity, intelligence activity, social activity, human activity, sensory activity, activity e.

Adjectives that are often used to describe captivity:
babylonian, babylonish, long, indian, german, second, honourable, hopeless, egyptian, soviet, perpetual, russian, miserable, assyrian, cruel, spiritual, close, roman, turkish, semi, english, brief, cultural, subsequent, british, french, honorable, japanese, prolonged, year, called, virtual, former, rigorous, spanish, sad, comfortable, shameful, horrible, hard, wretched, continued, harsh, voluntary, temporary, bitter, tedious, terrible, severe, painful, domestic, dreary, lifelong, ignominious, gilded, doleful, grievous, humiliating, pleasing, unjust, polish, eternal, worse, post, ideological, sweet, dreadful, permanent, weary, endless, strict, distant, communist, suburban, protracted, intolerable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective captivity:
captive, ducks, narratives, pochards.

Consonant match to captivity:
captivator, captivate a, captivate her.

Words that sound like captivity:
captivity, captivities, captivate, captivates, captivator, captivating, captivated, captiva, adaptivity, captiving, captived, cup of tea, activity, creativity, cavity, captive, captives, captivation, clivity, captiver.