Word Meanings - CAPTIVATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
Additional info about word: CAPTIVATE
1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts. Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. W. Irving. Syn. -- To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch; facinate; capture; lead captive.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CAPTIVATE)
- Bewitch
- Enchant
- fascinate
- charm
- captivate
- entrance
- Enamor
- Captivate
- enslave
- endear
- bewitch
- enchain
- Enrapture
- Beatify
- enchant
- transport
- attract
- ravish
- Enslave
- subjugate
- enthrall
- Smite
- Strike
- beat
- buffet
- chastise
- blast
- afflict
- kill
- slay
- punish
- surprise
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CAPTIVATE)
Related words: (words related to CAPTIVATE)
- RAVISHER
One who ravishes . - PUNISHER
One who inflicts punishment. - BLASTMENT
A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak. - AFFLICTIVELY
In an afflictive manner. - CAPTIVATE
1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak. 2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts. - TRANSPORTING
That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble. - ATTRACTABILITY
The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones. - TRANSPORTAL
Transportation; the act of removing from one locality to another. "The transportal of seeds in the wool or fur of quadrupeds." Darwin. - CHASTISER
One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor. The chastiser of the rich. Burke. - TRANSPORTABILITY
The quality or state of being transportable. - AFFLICTIVE
Giving pain; causing continued or repeated pain or grief; distressing. "Jove's afflictive hand." Pope. Spreads slow disease, and darts afflictive pain. Prior. - ATTRACTILE
Having power to attract. - AFFLICTING
Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive; as, an afflicting event. -- Af*flict"ing*ly, adv. - ENSLAVEMENT
The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South. - RAVISHING
Rapturous; transporting. - ENDEAR
1. To make dear or beloved. "To be endeared to a king." Shak. 2. To raise the price or cost of; to make costly or expensive. King James I. . - BEWITCHING
Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. - BUFFETER
One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson. - BLASTOSPHERE
The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. Note: - TRANSPORTED
Conveyed from one place to another; figuratively, carried away with passion or pleasure; entranced. -- Trans*port"ed*ly, adv. -- Trans*port"ed*ness, n. - MISTRANSPORT
To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall. - DIPLOBLASTIC
Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers. - NEMATOBLAST
A spermatocyte or spermoblast. - UPSWELL
To swell or rise up. - ABLASTEMIC
Non-germinal. - BECHARM
To charm; to captivate. - CNIDOBLAST
One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidæ.