captor

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US/ˈkæptɚ/

noun

One who is holding a captive or captives.

Similar
guardjailerkidnapperarresternabbercapturer
Opposite
liberator
OriginLate Latin captor ← Latin capiō →
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Meanings

nouncaptor (plural captors)

plural captors · alternative obsolete rare captour · alternative ceptor

  1. One who is holding a captive or captives.

    Synonyms: guard, jailer, kidnapper

  2. One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

    Synonyms: arrester, nabber

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who is holding a captive or captives.

Similar
guardjailerkidnapper

nounOne who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.

Similar
arresternabber

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who captures and holds people or animals

Similar
capturer
Opposite
liberator
Broader
actordoerworker
Also see
capturer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincapiō
  2. Late Latincaptor
  3. Englishcaptor

Borrowed from Late Latin captor, from Latin capiō. English usage began around 1688.

More words from Late Latin, Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan segrestador, segrestadora
  • segrestadorone who is holding a captive
  • segrestadoraone who is holding a captive
  • atrapadorone who has captured something or someone
  • atrapadoraone who has captured something or someone
Czech věznitel
  • věznitelone who is holding a captive
Esperanto kaptinto
  • kaptintoone who has captured something or someone
German Entführer, Entführerin
  • Entführerone who is holding a captive
  • Entführerinone who is holding a captive
  • Fängerone who has captured something or someone
  • Fängerinone who has captured something or someone
Māori kaihopu
  • kaihopuone who is holding a captive
Portuguese captor, captora
  • captorone who is holding a captive
  • captoraone who is holding a captive
  • captorone who has captured something or someone
  • captoraone who has captured something or someone
Spanish secuestrador, secuestradora
  • secuestradorone who is holding a captive
  • secuestradoraone who is holding a captive
  • captorone who has captured something or someone
  • captoraone who has captured something or someone
Swedish tillfångatagare, tillfångatagare
  • tillfångatagareone who is holding a captive
  • tillfångatagareone who has captured something or someone

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with captor

chapteradapterraptor
All rhymes →

Anagrams

proactcartop
Cite this entry
APA

captor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/captor

MLA

“captor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/captor. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “captor,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/captor.

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